I do not know how to explain this honestly... but ... Elizabeth has not ate in like... a month and a half... she ate and normally she will go two weeks after she eats then sheds and two weeks later ( a month ) she eats the day she is done shedding... so... most recently she ate... two weeks later went into shed like normal.. and then shed and all was good... I tried feeding her and she acted skittish towards the rat... I tried every trick I know and normally she eats... but she wasn't having it... i thought maybe she was just being a diva... then a few days later I was holding her... well my boyfriend was... and like... he was like "come look at this!" and I went and she had a large dripping of snot coming out of her nose... so automatically I checked her for wheezing, popping, and opened her mouth with a pencil to check for fluid or bubbles... but it all looked clear... I checked her tank temps and found out her heating pad wasn't on high enough so I turned it up and I havent had a problem since....
a few days later... i went to look at her and i noticed her eye looked... metallic almost... it reminded me of like... mercury in a thermometer... like... when looking at her through the glass tank and with the lamp shining on her... so then I took her out and looked at her close up and I think she may have a retained eye cap... but it doesn't look like what I have seen online of retained caps... it looks (to me) like a cataract of sorts... and she acts jumpy to my hand movments (which she normally never did)... she would act jumpy when she was in shed and had trouble seeing... so I can only assume that she either is going blind... has a retained cap... or... idk? >< there is a noticeable off-white color to a circular portion of her left eye... that is not present in her right... I cannot get pictures at this point... I will tomorow if I can... anyone have any ideas? ><
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