Hatchling with Enlarged Eyes...

First one in our het VPI axanthic x het VPI axanthic clutch to poke its head out. Hope this guy hangs in there. :(. What are the odds it will survive?

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_3571.jpg

http://i859.photobucket.com/albums/a...s/IMG_3572.jpg

Werent they JUST talking about this in the NERD video?

You know I think he did show a hatchling like this. Didn't he say they kind of grow into their eyes :confused:. I'll have to go watch those again.

Hi,

I don't think the NERD video snake had the same look to the eyes - they looked normal iirc.

But we have seen exactly this quite recently as I remember having to look for a link for it.


dr del

you have to go to the vet and they will drain it.

Hi,

I can't find the link I want yet but here are some that might help in the meantime.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ight=spectacle

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ight=spectacle

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...light=Lacrimal

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...light=Lacrimal


dr del

Yup yup--he's probably got fluid buildup behind his eye caps. :)
I know of at least 2 people who have posted about this--I'll find the threads and post them if no one else has yet.
Just take it to the vet and they'll drain it. One person had a BP they named "Bugsy" for this exact problem--she got it punctured and drained by a vet and looks much better. :gj:
It looks painful after they're done but I'm sure it feels better than having all that swelling, and they will probably eventually be able to see.
I'd say that snake has a pretty good chance of making it. :oops:
Anyone know what causes this? It seems like quite a few cases have been popping up recently. What makes them come out of the egg like this? Obviously it's likely to not be an injury if they're born with it. Some kind of defect, possibly?

Hi,

This was the thread I was thinking of.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ht=Ralph+Davis

That was not an easy thing to find **kicks forum search in the nuts**


dr del

Ooooh! After reading the posts Skiploder made in the links from Dr. Del it now makes sense. Thanks skip and Del :)

This little guy has fluid build up in the eye. This is usually caused because the duct that drains the fluid from the eye to the nasal cavity is blocked. It can be drained by simply using a syringe with a small needle( I have used insulin syringes) and aspirating the eye without toucking the eyeball. There is a sapce between the cap and the eyeball itself. There is alot of preesure on the eye right now and it can damage the eye if not drained. Also from my experience the fluid comes back quickly and unless you figure out why the eye is not draining properly you will be draining the eye with a needle everyother day. The hatchling may have a deformity to its face that is causing the duct to be blocked. These are very small passageways. In a human when you cry you get the sniffles because an excessive amount of fluid is being drained from the eye to the nasal cavity. It is the same thing in the snake. I have had to do this with both pythons and an eyelash viper that got bit in the face during breeding. Both snake eventually perished.


Matt