Retained eyeshed on ball python?

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Originally Posted by Ultrafly

If you have previous sheds still on her eyes put her in a humidity box with the bottom covered in water with some paper towels, sometimes I leave them in for an hour or two and get some scotch tape and loop it around your finger take her and just gently flick the tape against her eye and most of the time it will pull the eye cap right off. Just make sure you use a scotch tape because its not that sticky, you wouldn't want a stronger tape it could pull the eye ball out. Hope this helps

I hadn't read this reply til just now. Please don't do this, it's simply not worth the risk. There are MUCH safer ways to go about removing stuck eye caps if that's what's really going on with your snake.
Snakes eyes are much too sensitive for this to be an option. Tape and snakes don't mix, period.

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Originally Posted by Zincubus

Yikes that method sounds so flamin risky !!!

Some tape is bladdy sticky .... get it wrong and you could pull the eye ball right out of its socket as mentioned ..

Best and safest quick fix is to soak for 30 minutes ( read up on soaking methods ) then have a wet , rough textured towel ready and let the snake slither inside the towel for about 5 to 10 minutes ... when it's head pops out just cover it with the loose end of the towel and carry on .. Whist it's in there apply pressure , very very gently to the eye /head areas and the eye caps will generally come off safely on the towel ..

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Thanks for pointing that out Zinc, I'm surprised nobody else did before you got to it. I wish I saw it earlier. Let's hope OP doesn't have a one-eyed snake because they followed that advice.

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Retained eyeshed on ball python?