updated pictures of my snakes eyes, they look worse (couldn't edit last thread)

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Originally Posted by BP Tim

no offense but that doesn't help.

I had a corn snake die, after two weeks, where I did everything right, so a little paranoid and a few extra questions isn't hurting anybody.

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Asking questions isn't the issue. The issue is more complex than that.

Part of problem is controlling your anxiety.

Anxiety results in messing with the animal. It results in chasing phantom ailments. It results in stress for you and your snake.

You also need to be able to filter the advice you get here. Bathing a snake is something that should only be done in a select few situations. It causes stress and if done improperly, can result in a greater health issue than you perceive you already have.

What you can do for your snake is provide it a hot spot, a proper ambient temperature and a cool area. You need to provide it fresh water and make sure it's environment is sanitary. Humidity should be provided via a micro climate.

With ball pythons, it is imperative that you make every effort to not stress the animal. Constant bathing, constant picking the snake up to examine it and constant worrying will stress the animal.

Your snake is eating. As long as it continues to eat, continues to poop and sheds, you have nothing to worry about. If the eyes look a bit funky, give it a humid place to hang or better yet, consider than you may not be the best person to judge the acuteness of your snake's vision. Ball pythons, aspidites and other species (eye and vision wise) are very hard to do more than check on the condition of the spectacle.

All this advice on shining a light to check for pupil reactions is well-meaning but in the end, the natural behavior of the snake has led you to believe it may be blind and led to you considering euthanasia. Enough. Relax and give your snake a break from your constant administrations and your worry. Trust me, you will both be happier.

Stress kills people and animals. There is a time and place for water hydration but a feeding snake is not it. Rarely will a snake with regular meals need much extra water. If you are truely concerned soaking is not the best way the prey is. PK or live has more moisture or you can easily add a few ml to F/T. A teat cannula and syringe with clear water into the stomach of thawed rat adds more water than soaking will anyway. (Use the cannula to open the jaws and force water into stomach or lungs of the dead rodent) Severely dehydrated snakes will not eat. And they require soaking and the stress of that is out weighed because are in peril. Severely dehydrated snakes have a dry look and are very wrinkled. Eyes are often not dented but sunken. Yours looks to be very far away from this point.


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Yeah, I think I have just overly worried. I have had her almost 2 weeks now (saturday will be two weeks) and she has both times I attempted to feed, this morning, and last friday. I did have a little scare this morning as after eaten she went into a long soak in her water dish and I did notice what I'm going to assume is some mites, I bought some stuff for it and checked on a few hours later and they seem to be gone, also switched to paper towl for now from aspen to keep an eye on her.