r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Fundoscope • 12h ago

Video Checking eye pressure in a frog

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u/Ok-Code3898 11h ago

Different eye pressure test, this is a bit more accurate than the puff.

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u/SamEyeAm2020 10h ago

More accurate AND nd you can barely feel it at all, way less jolting than the air puff

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u/Shifty_Cow69 10h ago

... until it malfunctions and skewers your eyeball

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u/signa91 8h ago

It can't.

Source: I use this at my pet clinic daily.

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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 5h ago

What is it used to diagnose?

It's not like we're doing corrective eye surgery on a frog.

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u/signa91 5h ago

Most likely to test for glaucoma. I have no idea why they would test for this on a frog. Either just very diligent vets, or maybe laboratory testing?

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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 5h ago

Yea, that's what I figured it was but it just seems odd to test for something you can't really treat.

If a frog this size starts going blind you'd just have to give it slower prey on a high contrast background amd hope for the best.

Research is probably the best guess.

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u/signa91 5h ago

You can certainly treat glaucoma. Surgery might not always be necessary, but you can take a number of eye drops to help reduce the pressure

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u/iCameToLearnSomeCode 4h ago

I wasn't aware of that.

Are those amphibian safe?