deflated eye

a few weeks ago i took my ball python to the vet because she had some problems shedding her eye caps. the vet was able to take them off after an hour of picking at her eyes. just last week i noticed that one of her eyes turned partially black so i called the vet and got another appointment. the vet told me that it looked like she still had an eye cap on her eye and that it was just "fogged" and it should come off next time she sheds. tonight i was looking at her eye and it's totally deflated!! :confused:. what's left of the eye is all black now and looks awful. whatever this may be, i am afraid that her other eye will be affected. someone please help me!!

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Originally Posted by swe3tm0mentz

a few weeks ago i took my ball python to the vet because she had some problems shedding her eye caps. the vet was able to take them off after an hour of picking at her eyes. just last week i noticed that one of her eyes turned partially black so i called the vet and got another appointment. the vet told me that it looked like she still had an eye cap on her eye and that it was just "fogged" and it should come off next time she sheds. tonight i was looking at her eye and it's totally deflated!! :confused:. what's left of the eye is all black now and looks awful. whatever this may be, i am afraid that her other eye will be affected. someone please help me!!

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Your humidity levels are to low ;).I hope that vet is a real reptile vet and not someone wishing he was :weirdface.The tugging at the eyes can injure your snake forever

i have had her for about 2 years now and never a problem like this untill the vet was playing with her eyes. i havnt changed any routine with her tank. my bf said he read somewhere that it might also be a sign of a parasite?

Can you post a picture?

Try increasing the humidity and see if that helps. If not, find yourself a new vet. No one should be picking at your snakes eye trying to get an eye cap off.

Whatever this is, it sounds to me like it's way past "humidity" issues. If the eye is as injured as it sounds, increasing the humidity isn't going to suddenly "cure" the eye.

You need to find a vet that has solid knowledge and experience in treating snakes. While I appreciate the typical small-animal vet willing to TRY to help, they run a high risk of doing more harm than good. :( Eyecaps don't usually need to be messed with at all, except in cases of serious neglect where several layers of caps have built up over time.

Here's a list of vets recommended by our own members who have personally had good experiences:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=56792

here are the pictures.

http://i50.tinypic.com/i1mt7s.jpg

http://i47.tinypic.com/svm62f.jpg

http://i49.tinypic.com/muzmgn.jpg

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Originally Posted by JLC

Here's a list of vets recommended by our own members who have personally had good experiences:

http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=56792

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Not to hijack this thread but thanks man i was looking for some local vets incase i ever would have to take ours in we would know where to do :)

Thanks very much

there seemed to be an issue with the pics!

http://tinypic.com/r/muzmgn/6
http://tinypic.com/r/svm62f/6
http://tinypic.com/r/i1mt7s/6

I fixed the picture links for you.

I hate to say this....and I hope I'm wrong....but it looks to me like BOTH eyes are messed up. I don't think it's stuck eyecaps on either. I wouldn't trust my snake's care to that particular vet again...I'd find a serious herp vet.