eye dent?

[k2l3d4]

Ok i was just holding Rios and it looks like he has a dent in his eye????? WTF??? Ok so I perused and his temps are fine and the humidty is running at 50% so what else could cause a dent?

[Reptile King]

I am no expert but it could be dehydration or a retained eye cap. I am sure others who know better than me will respond shortly.

[k2l3d4]

He did a complete shed so I know that it is not a retained eye cap, and there are two water bowls in his tank and the humidity runs from 40 - 50 % and then I bump it up to 75% for shedding cycles..........So I am confused as to what could cause the dent.

[Kaorte]

Low humidity is really the only culprit that I know of. Raise it to 60% and see what that does for him. It might take a day or two to get back to normal.

[k2l3d4]

Thanks.... i will try that and see if it helps...

[Beardedragon]

Mist him for the next few days, I occasionally get denters and its from lack of humidity in the eye or something like that, dont know the actual term.

[Lolo76]

I've noticed that in both Toby and Delilah, and misting their tanks for a few days seemed to do the trick. The climate here is very cool and dry, so I guess the humidity wasn't quite high enough... it usually lingers around 48-49%, so maybe 50% isn't doing it for your BP. Here's a picture where you can see a small dent in Delilah's eye, before I started misting (she's now back to normal).

[k2l3d4]

Thank you all for your responses.... I upped the humididty in his hide to 80% for a couple of hours and the dent seems to have gone away.... just was being a worried mama.

[pavlovk1025]

My suggestion is a quick 15 minute soak. Worked like a charm on my first BP that I got from someone that didnt understand what humadidadiy was.

[CoolioTiffany]

It could be just from rubbing his eyes against something in the enclosure. Those dents will go back to normal when the snake next sheds. This happened with my BP a few times but once she sheds the dents go away.