Check her eye out.. Any ideas?

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Originally Posted by dr del

Hi,

It looks similar to a problem I have seen on here with a couple of hatchlings?

The duct draining the "tears" from the eye was blocked which caused a huge fluid build up. Here are some of the links.

Clutch 16 on this page.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...%2A%2A+swollen

In the hatchlings it was probably something develomental but, since your snake was fine before hand it could be something as simple as substrate/ snot/ infection blocking it.

I would try and have a look at the roof of her mouth to see if there is anything obvious but booking a vet visit would be a good idea in case it is an infection or something.

Hopefuly it is fixable. :please:


dr del

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Originally Posted by TDent1

At any rate, let us know what the vet said. I'd like to know how to prevent this sort of thing. What substrate/tank or tub set-up does she live in?

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Will do.

She lives in an animal plastics rack. I use paper towel as a substrate.

I see people have drained the fluid build up successfully, but what can you do to determine the cause of the build up? are we able to see their tear ducts?

also I was curious, when i've delt with prolapses, there was fluid build up, I used preparation-h to draw out the fluid, could this be a non-invasive way to deal with this? or do you think it could cause eye problems?