White thing on my BP's eye.... O_o

Hello! I hope someone can help me here, and I apologize if this has been answered before @.@

She has this white line thing on her eye. It's only this eye, and she didn't have it yesterday! I thought it could be mites but I've checked nearly every scale and I can not find any small dots on her body. :( what is thisss?

Her last shed was on June 13 and I think she's due for another one in a couple of weeks. She also last ate Sunday evening. I don't handle her after she eats but I check her under her hide in case she leaves me brown smelly presents and/or unedible popcorn.


http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/07/09/u2e4u8es.jpg
I apologize for the poor quality as this was taken with my phone. She's probably traumatized now from all the struggle we went through to get this one picture.

Thanks everyone

The only thing I'd say is that it sounds like a piece of stuck shed. If it gets worse I'd see a vet, but until then I'd ensure the humidity is high for the next shed she goes into. If it is still there after the next shed and it looks to cause her discomfort or pain I'd take her to the vet, otherwise keep an eye on it.

I'm sure others will chime in and disagree and or agree with me. Goodluck!

Don't try and do anything to it.

That looks absolutely fine and is either the flexible membrane joining the spectacle to the rest of the scale layer or ( possibly ) the natural white of the eye.

There is no sign of a torn ragged edge which could point to a retained eyecap.

Perfectly normal looking snake eye either way. :)

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Originally Posted by dr del

Don't try and do anything to it.

That looks absolutely fine and is either the flexible membrane joining the spectacle to the rest of the scale layer or ( possibly ) the natural white of the eye.

There is no sign of a torn ragged edge which could point to a retained eyecap.

Perfectly normal looking snake eye either way. :)

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thank you! i think it could be the membrane--do you know how that happens? :confusd: it's very odd.

Sometimes the movement of the eye can do it but mostly it gets pulled out a little during a shed.

Removing mites can sometimes also do it but I see no sign of mites on the snake. :)

I have seen a similar thing on a few of mine at times. It always takes care of itself.

Awesome! Thank you so much for your help, dr del :)