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Stuck eyecaps

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  • 01-18-2008, 03:05 PM
    geckochick
    Stuck eyecaps
    Hi everyone! I haven't been on in awile.
    Now I have a problem. I did a quick search.
    So to make a long story short:

    I left on a week vacation, left the balls in care with my brother and came back to my girl with stuck eyecaps. This has never happened before, but she is a bad shedder. He says the humidity was up to par the whole time but who knows. I just need to know what to do now. I assume soaking would help. any other suggestions. Thanks
  • 01-18-2008, 03:22 PM
    MarkS
    Re: Stuck eyecaps
    I really don't like to mess with eye caps, there are just too many ways you can hurt your snakes eyes. I treat them like any other bad shed. Put them in a damp pillow case and put them back in their cage and check on them later. If the eye caps don't come off, I just leave them alone until the next shed, then I make sure they're well hydrated and mist a lot the next time they turn blue. 99 times out of a 100 they'll pop off with the next shed. Snakes don't rely as heavily on their sight as we do and it's not as big of a hardship for them to have impaired vision for a while, but it can be a bigger problem if you damage their eyes trying to pull the caps off.

    Mark
  • 01-18-2008, 04:10 PM
    geckochick
    Re: Stuck eyecaps
    Thank you! I am glad its not a really big deal. Whew.....Now I don't have to worry so much.
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