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Eyelid Bump
Hi all, wondering if this is vet-worthy or fairly common. My male banana pastel has a bump or maybe a growth on his eyelid that I noticed tonight. It's not hard, and he doesn't have mites. Looking at old photos I've taken of him, it looks like it's been there for awhile (at least 2-4 months, maybe longer), but has grown a bit to the point where it's more visible. Doesn't seem to affect him, and he's not head shy so I was able to get a pretty good look at it. Not red, no scabs or other injuries, no oozing or discharge... looking for opinions before I freak out and take him to the vet if it's something I don't need to be concerned about, but I do have a good exotic vet in my area. Sorry if the image links don't come through, having trouble figuring out Flickr.
https://flic.kr/p/Q91EQ4
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Background information: hatched November 2015, got him February 2016, about 700g, temps and humidity are spot on, currently housed in a 41qt tub. Normal behavior, good eater, perfect shedder, but he is a f/t drop feeder. None of my other snakes have any bumps like this.
Last edited by Angrybear; 12-17-2016 at 10:51 PM.
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Re: Eyelid Bump
I'm not quiet sure what that is ... Any chance of it just being a odd little deformity? You said it's been there a while at least 2-4 sheds right ? I personally cannot see any scars that would make me believe it was maybe a rodent bite or precious injury to the area... Is it hard like a abscess ? Still pretty weird area to get some kind of abscess... I'm stumped to be honest sorry I'm not much help I have personally never seen a bump like that near the eye. I guess maybe a vet trip ... Just to confirm it isn't some random infection for what ever reason. Just really odd spot. Sorry I couldn't of been more helpful. Keep us posted what you find.
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Re: Eyelid Bump
Honestly I'm thinking a deformity or some kind of little growth. It's not hard at all, just fleshy. That spot has always been a little lighter in color, but slowly growing. Can't find anything online about bumps like this one, though, that's why I'm concerned.
He's never been fed live, so it couldn't be a bite, and he's never been injured, but maybe could have scratched that area on a piece of coconut coir or maybe some of the cork I used to keep in with him? But, I've never noticed an injury, and he's a healthy little guy otherwise. Vet visit looks like it's in the cards just for my piece of mind. Really hope it's not an infection or some kind of tumor.
Last edited by Angrybear; 12-17-2016 at 11:26 PM.
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