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Camelomantis slowly recovering but eye swelling getting worse
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<blockquote data-quote="Predatorhousepet" data-source="post: 333035" data-attributes="member: 10650"><p>As you can see from that last pic there's what looks like a purple ulcer on the back of her right eye. Today I got a better look at it, and tried to take a pic but the angle was a bit awkward so it didn't come out as clear as I would have liked.</p><p></p><p><img src="https://www.image-story.com/images/s_2/9f42faafd46937e84b54_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p>I noticed that the purple of the left eye has swelled up more since yesterday. The black part doesn't bulge out as much but it's now like a blown up balloon where the whole eye surface is being stretched out flat. The pressure in there is probably causing her pain. It's hard to know.</p><p></p><p>She's still alive and continues to eat really well but her quality of life isn't so great any more. She sits upright on the floor of her terrarium all day waiting until I feed her. After she eats she perks up a bit and crawls around for a few minutes before settling back down to sit on the floor. She has stopped trying to climb on the walls &amp; branches.</p><p></p><p>I'm starting to wonder if I should euthanize her because even if she lives, she'll be blind from permanent damage and I have no idea how much pain this is causing her. The main reason I hadn't put her down yet was because I wanted to give her a chance but also to document everything happening to her in the event something like this happens to another mantis. However, I have to weigh her comfort and quality of life against that and I'm starting to think it would be kindest choice at this point. What would you do in this situation?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Predatorhousepet, post: 333035, member: 10650"] As you can see from that last pic there's what looks like a purple ulcer on the back of her right eye. Today I got a better look at it, and tried to take a pic but the angle was a bit awkward so it didn't come out as clear as I would have liked. [IMG]https://www.image-story.com/images/s_2/9f42faafd46937e84b54_1.jpg[/IMG] I noticed that the purple of the left eye has swelled up more since yesterday. The black part doesn't bulge out as much but it's now like a blown up balloon where the whole eye surface is being stretched out flat. The pressure in there is probably causing her pain. It's hard to know. She's still alive and continues to eat really well but her quality of life isn't so great any more. She sits upright on the floor of her terrarium all day waiting until I feed her. After she eats she perks up a bit and crawls around for a few minutes before settling back down to sit on the floor. She has stopped trying to climb on the walls & branches. I'm starting to wonder if I should euthanize her because even if she lives, she'll be blind from permanent damage and I have no idea how much pain this is causing her. The main reason I hadn't put her down yet was because I wanted to give her a chance but also to document everything happening to her in the event something like this happens to another mantis. However, I have to weigh her comfort and quality of life against that and I'm starting to think it would be kindest choice at this point. What would you do in this situation? [/QUOTE]
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