picked up a 2 year old female normal yesterday...

[mjmendoza]

So i found her on craigslist for $40. She's about 2 years old. The guy i bought her from rescued her from a Reptile Society around here but hes going off to college so had to find a home for her. Im glad i found her in time before someone else did. She is 875 grams on empty. I was told she prefers mice of rats but i plan on changing that. She has eye caps so was wondering whats the best way to get them off....well here she is...

[Eric Doane]

Nice pick up

[Boanerges]

That's a beautiful girl you picked up!!! I have never delt with stuck eye caps personally but I would give her a nice soak and see if they come off that way. Hopefully someone with personal experience can help you more specifically though!!

[mjmendoza]

That's a beautiful girl you picked up!!! I have never delt with stuck eye caps personally but I would give her a nice soak and see if they come off that way. Hopefully someone with personal experience can help you more specifically though!!

thank you! i made the humidity a little higher just to see if she can get them off herself. If not im going to give her a nice soak.

[stawiar04]

Beautiful Snake!!!
Congrats!!!

[mjmendoza]

Beautiful Snake!!!
Congrats!!!

thank you! going to start putting more weight on her for next season

[Anna.Sitarski]

so for retained eye caps a soak helps but if they are really on there get one of those rubber finger things for turning pages, it has little bumps all over it and after she soaks gently scrub off the eye caps with one of those (wetted) there are youtube videos from NERD also showing how to do it. My Lilly had that problem and worked like a charm just restrain her head she WILL not like it

[snakesRkewl]

It looks like the snake needs higher humidity, the eyes look cracked more than having retained eye caps?

[Vine]

It looks like the snake needs higher humidity, the eyes look cracked more than having retained eye caps?

Yup, good catch!
Which with that being the case you definitely won't want to mess around with rubbing her eyes.

Remember, eyecaps are typically much more silvery-looking, whereas what we're seeing in your pics looks like normal (dark as opposed to the 'silvery sheen' seen with retained eyecaps) coloration but with perhaps a bit of a 'cracked' appearance, as has been mentioned.
Vine

[DellaF]

She is a really pretty Normal.