Dented eye/eye cap? help

[thecrazyandinsane]

So a couple days ago this dent appeared on my BP, Charlie's eye cap. It's pretty small so I didn't think twice about it, mainly because he was going to shed the next day or the day after so I thought it would just go away. But today I handled him and noticed that the dent is still there. Both eye caps came off of his eyes so his eye pretty much has a small dent in it. I wanted to make a thread about it because I didn't want to go to the vet to find out that it was nothing serious and that it would just gradually disappear. He seems to be responding to movement on that side (his right eye) and I have a few images of it. Any advice would be much appreciated.

[Mike41793]

What is the humidity in his setup like?

[Dragonviper]

Make sure you have appropriate humidity levels in your enclosure and that they have access to water. It can be caused by dehydration so I would just monitor it and make sure that your set up is on point and that your snake has water available to it all the time.

[Capray]

It'll go away if you raise the humidity in his enclosure. The dented eye means he is a little dehydrated.

[Mike41793]

that your snake has water available to it all the time.

Your snake doesn't necessarily need water at all times, provided they're fed regularly and the humidity is good.

[thecrazyandinsane]

Make sure you have appropriate humidity levels in your enclosure and that they have access to water. It can be caused by dehydration so I would just monitor it and make sure that your set up is on point and that your snake has water available to it all the time.

I don't know about humidity. I haven't been able to get another hydrometer so I took the one on an old tank off. Unfortunately, though, the adhesive had come off so I just set it in a corner in the substrate. I spray his tank every day but I'll have to wait a bit to see where the hydrometer is at. As for water, since he is housed in a 55 gallon tank, I have two water dishes for him, both of which I clean daily so water availability isn't a problem.

[Mike41793]

Yea, tanks are terrible at keeping humidity. Take a damp towel and cover like 2/3 of the top of the tank.

[thecrazyandinsane]

Yea, tanks are terrible at keeping humidity. Take a damp towel and cover like 2/3 of the top of the tank.

Thank you, I also did this with my corn snake, Bailey's tank

[Coopers Constrictors]

Your snake doesn't necessarily need water at all times, provided they're fed regularly and the humidity is good.

Umm... WRONG. I see what you are saying... but to suggest this to someone is not a good idea.

[Mike41793]

Umm... WRONG. I see what you are saying... but to suggest this to someone is not a good idea.

I've only seen one of my balls drink from a water bowl once, ever.

They get most of their liquids from their food. I'm not suggesting they do anything, i was merely disagreeing with what they said because it wasn't entirely true.