So the vet said dehydration caused the eye problem....

I only have one local vet that has experience with snakes. She said that Rainbow's eye problem was caused by the stuck shed that fell off plus dehydration was the primary cause of the dented eye cap. It is looking some better already. I will take more photos later today. Does this sound like sound advice? I have a water pan large enough for her to put her entire body in. The most I have seen her do is drink in it so far. It also looked like she was washing her face after she eat the other day. She repeatedly dipped her entire head in the water dish. The substrate I had in there was terrible so I changed it out for what I was using before.

What did the vet tell you to do to correct the dented eye cap?

Sounds right. Dehydration is the biggest cause for bad sheds. I mean stuff like stress, low humidity and illness can cause bad sheds too but dehydration is the most common cause.

The dented eyecap should be fine once he has his next shed assuming you get him well hydrated.

I would inject his FT food with a decent amount of water to 'jump start' the intake. I inject Pat's little FT fuzzy mice with about 50-60 units of water. He drinks from a dish as well but this is like insurance. He has had perfect one piece sheds and is nice an filled out.

Oh and also, this is why with every shed for everyone, i always check for 2 eye caps and the end of the tail is off. Those are the 2 most important parts.

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Originally Posted by Aedryan Methyus

What did the vet tell you to do to correct the dented eye cap?

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She said that most likely it was caused by poor husbandry conditions before I received her. She said that injecting her prey with water should help and to keep her humidity up. Her large water bowl keeps her humidity around 65% with no additional humidity added. The vet said that that was great. She also said stuck shed that fell off after a day in her enclosure helped also. She said next shed should look normal but the eye is slightly larger than the other eye.

Yup dehydration and no desert snakes are never a good thing. Denting in eye caps are almost always hydration related. Thankfully they have very robust eyes that can take a beating so curing the hydration issue and husbandry can do wonders.

You must keep humidity at the required amount for the species you keep. If the snake has evolved in high humidity, they are more prone to issues if you can't keep humidity up.

Injecting prey is a good way to get hydration in fast but a snake will almost never refuse water in a bowl so long as it is fresh. If your snake stays dehydrated after taking steps to fix it (number one is keeping humidity correct), I would have the vet to a fecal test for parasites.