Bad Eye and Bad Shed

[SerpentLust]

Ugh, yep, I pick the Beardies from now on. My male is superb, but my boyfriend's female needs some work. As soon as I got them home and they pooped I brought it to the vet for a fecal like I do with all my reptiles. Hers came back positive and she's now getting syringe fed meds. Once yesterday and once again in two weeks. So that's ok, she hasn't lost any weight, still eats beautifully.

But...

1st problem: Her full tail needs to shed and she doesn't seem to do it herself. The breeder had told me that she would shed it within two days or so. She didn't. I personally think there are a few layers on there...now I'm used to helping snakes shed when I need to, and it's easy. But I can't help her. As the breeder recommended, I gave her a warm bath, and then with a soft toothbrush, started brushing her tail. Nothing. I did it for 30 minutes. By that time my hand was scratched to S*** and frankly I was no further than where I left off.

2nd problem: About two hours after I got her, she closed her right eye and now refuses to open it unless I stand ONLY on that side of her, then when she DOES open it. It's black. The eye is black. It's like it's ONLY pupil. The breeder told me that she probably got sand in it or something (from him, I use paper towel) and to lightly Q-tip her eye with the same solution you use to clean contacts, this stuff doesn't hurt me, so I figured it's ok for her. So I did that, and she'll keep her eye open a bit more now, but it's still black. I asked the vet and he didnt know what it could be and advised me to finish up the parasite treatments and we'll take care of one thing at a time.

*sigh* Any advice?

Jenn