eyes are weird, I need advise/help

Can anyone tell me what's wrong with my snakes eyes, I just got him and they look messed up. The guy that I bought him from didnt even have a heat lamp so I don't think he was taken care of well. Any advice is appreciated.http://ball-pythons.net/forums/webki...eda18/imagepng

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David

Not sure how to post a photo with my iPhone, but they have like a metallic look to them if you look hard you can see his pupil underneath. It looks like carbon build up on a gun if that makes sense

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Originally Posted by Mattsonusaf

Not sure how to post a photo with my iPhone, but they have like a metallic look to them if you look hard you can see his pupil underneath. It looks like carbon build up on a gun if that makes sense

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He might be going into shed. Their eyes get gray and opaque when in shed.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but From what I've read their eyes only stay like that for a day or so, this has been like it since I got him 3 days ago

Looks like a stuck eyecap. Soak him/her for a bit in a tub of lukewarm water, and then run a damp q-tip over it. This should help the snake slough it off.

Looks like stuck eyecaps to me

I'm new to this, so how do you go about soaking one in like a Tupperware container with the lid on with holes, and do I want to rub his eyes till they come off or just get them nice and moist?

Matt....take it from a newbie that had a terrible shed when we first got our BP. Don't try and do the eye caps yourself. I considered it, researched, and asked questions. Then decided that jacking around with our snakes eyes with zero experience was a terrible idea. Our new to us bp had a terrible shed....we read and followed the sticky about bad shed, no problem, got our husbandy dialed in, and the next shed was spot on and the eye caps took care of themselves.


If you are going to soak we used a plastic container with lots of ventilation. I used room temp....so about 75 or so water....about an inch deep with some paper towels to soak up water and add something to offer resistance when the snake moved about. I put the snake and the "soaking tub" in the enclosure to keep the temp up, stood close by, and simply gave it some time. After about an hour I took her out and let her slide on her own through a damp towel. That helped her quite a bit.

Best of luck with your bp.