I've been inactive on here for awhile due to some personal issues but I return bearing good news! Some of you may remember my Mojave girl, Tiramisu. PS: she just hit 800 grams!

When I received her I thought she was a bit dehydrated because her eyes were a bit crinkly. Then it seemed like they were actually retained eyecaps.



Well I tried a number of home remedies with no luck. She shed three times, all normal with eyecaps shed but still with crinkly eyes. My mother even took a whack at it (she's had to remove eyecaps off snakes before). No luck. So I caved and took her to the vet. She had no retained caps. The vet said it may be dehydration (though it would be weird because she shows no other signs) or potentially it could be old scarring. She gave my some 'eye lubricant' (aka artificial tears) to put on her eyes once a day until the next shed at which point I should take her in for a check up. Do you know how hard it is to put eye drops onto the eye caps of a squirming snake?


I put the drops on this morning and I don't know if they've done anything yet, but she was out roaming her tub for the first time ever when I get home! She's usually always hidden. I pulled her out and she's in full explorer mode. I think she might be able to see better. She already seems much calmer.

(Also, the vet tech seemed really confused when I asked if i could apply the drops with a qtip. He asked why and I told him "because it says to put under the edges of the lid." He stared at me. "..she has no lids." He went to check with the vet.)