Eye need help!!! (DU Warning)

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Originally Posted by Freakie_frog

If she is dehyrdated or the humidity is low for her shed then the eye scales will wrinkle. The eye caps are on the shed so their not retained so your good there. Try bumping the humidity up for a few days and see if that helps.

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Ok! So I shouldn't really worry! Just bump the humidity back up??

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Originally Posted by daaangconcepts

Ok.




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Yes she does seme to have eye caps stil on. Put her in large tub and put damp towels in there. Then put a heating pad on the bottom of the tank and the make sure the tub is warm enough to create humidity. The snake will naturally slither around in there and while she does this her eye caps will rub against things, and should come off. If that doest work, put her in a sink filled with warm water and let her soak for abotu an hour, when you take her out gently dry her off and let her face rub against the towel, and they should come off with that. If you have anymore problem follow advice other people have said, and still if nothing happens take her to the vet. The vet will be able to remove unwanted eye caps. The one in the pic there looks liek its about to come off:) Also someone mentioned that her humdity may be low. Yes that may be a reason, but the humidity. Also if you let her soak in warm water her eyes will be better (none dehydrated) But since her eyes look "blue" still even after a shed, she may still have eye caps... not sure, but just try a few things and Im sure she'll be fine. Good luck on the soon-be-eggs and babies!

No babies!! That was last year!! She's had them already!! This has been an ongoing problem since last year!!!

But she just ate today so I'll try the towel idea in a few days!:)

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7

Yes she does seme to have eye caps stil on.

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I strongly disagree with this statement and agree with what Evan posted above ... if there were eyecaps they would have come off with the last shed ... when balls have retained eye caps and then shed, both layers will come off with the shed ... so if you see eye caps in the shed, there are none on the snake.

The eyes look like your standard ball python "crinkly eye" ... usually, it's the result of a strong heat source that dries out just the basking spot ... the snake isn't necessarily dehydrated and the humidity is probably just fine ... some sources of heat just create a "harsher" environment than others.

As long as she's eating well and continues to shed like that, she'll be fine.

And as always, if you have specific concerns about your animals health, an examination by a vet experienced in treating reptiles is FAR BETTER than ANYONES advice over the internet. ;) :sweeet:

Hope this helps.

-adam

Thanks Adam!

Ps. She's hasn't refused a meal since she laid her eggs!! :D