Ball Python Eye problem

yesterday i looked at my ball python's eyes and it had like a crust and a white line at the edge, could this be an eye infection or she hurted her eye? its only on one eye, and in the middle there's a line but i don't know if its her eye line or a scar.

If the eye looks "crinkly" then it's most likely a humidity too low issue.

It definitely might be a humidity issue, or she may be getting ready to shed, in which case you would still need to bump up the humidity. It's hard to tell without a pic...


Rob

now i moved out of my home and i have a humid home yesterday ( i posted about this yesterday) should i just leave it or should i hidrate it with water or is there something esle i can do? is there a risk my snake is blind or is gonna be blind?

somebody please ? im really worried can anyone tell me if i need to do something to treat my snake, i cant provide pictures today , since i got her in a very humid enviroment will heal by herself or do i need to hydrate her eye? is my snake gonna be blind? is it an infection?

just the details again:
her eye looks like it has a piece of white skin covering a small part of her eye and the eye also looked crusty but got better now when i putted water on her eye.

Calm down.

The little white edge is pretty common, I am fairly certain that it is just a little bit of stuck shed. Should go away with the next shed.

Make sure your humidity is around 60-70%. Mist the enclosure if you need too.

Ditto to what Kaorte says, Pics would help but the crust with white line tells me it's stuck shed/ retained eye cap. Their are ways on here to remove it but I would just wait till the next shed it should come off, By chance do you still have here last shed

no this is not stuck shed else i wouldn't post about it. i have her shed and both eyecaps were removed during the shedding and her eyes were both fine after shedding. this happend yesterday and only one eye. i read somewhere on a website that that white line could represent an eye inflamation. will it hurt if i continue to put water on her eye with my finger? how can i know if she has an infection or an inflamation?

I don't see how putting water on it will help.

I remember other people having this same problem but I can't seem to locate the threads in which it was discussed.

Edit: does it look like this?
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ite+sliver+eye

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

I don't see how putting water on it will help.

I remember other people having this same problem but I can't seem to locate the threads in which it was discussed.

Edit: does it look like this?
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ite+sliver+eye

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i am putting water on her eyes because somebody mentioned it could be low humidity , so i put water to hydrate her eye. yes the line looks like that but its on the oposite (the nose side of the eye) but the pic is not very clear so i can't see if that bp had his eye turn crusty( as in like her eye was drying, and her eye got smaller then the one on the other side) tough with the water its WAY better now but the white line is still there tough.

seems like this is an unknown problem, answers started coming very slow from the begining and now they stoped hmmm.. i hope my bp will get better :(

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seems like this is an unknown problem, answers started coming very slow from the begining and now they stoped hmmm.. i hope my bp will get better :(

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Do you have vet that you can call and just get general info over the phone? sometimes you can get good information about a common problem without a trip to the vet. I certainly hope this issue is simple and that your animal's vision is not in jeopardy. Please keep us posted either way.

Hi,

Is there anyway you can get a good picture of it?

There's a lot of worry goes along with trying to help with problems like this over the net in case what you recommend actually ends up hurting the animal. :(

This can mean people become reluctant to speculate.

It could be something as simple as when he was shedding the old skin pulled out the soft section around the spectacle of the new skin. Or it could be a retained spectacle. Or it could be something else like a blockage or a dented eyecap or something else entirely. :(


dr del

If her eye has actually changed sizes that may definitely warrant a trip to the vet...

A problem with the eye could also indicate that the ball python in question might suffer from a RI. I've read something about it last week on web-site that is operated by a reptile vet.

since i moved out of my home i don't have my mother's digital camera anymore and i don't own one. i will try to get a photo with my gf's mobile(mine is worst) but i highly doubt it will be of anyhelp. i will try to borrow my mother's digicam when i go to my old house if problem doesnt go away but it seems a bit better when i started to wet it since its not crusty anymore but the white part is still there.

something worrying is that she is getting a pink belly so i think she's preparing to shed and she justed last week. so this could be something to do with bactera/vir. my uncle sugested me putting some water with salt on her eye as it will kill microbes but i dunno if it can hurt her, can it?

sometimes ...(I have read) that a tiny bit of stuck shed can be retained on the eye....almost looks like an eyelid. ?? I personally would call a vet...or take him to a vet. Maybe even talk to a breeder by you if possible. I would not put salt in with the water...its kind of like a saline solution...but I wouldnt do it. I dont know enough about stuff like that and therefore Im always extra careful not to mention a little paranoid. I think for the sake of feeling better...call the vet.

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since i moved out of my home i don't have my mother's digital camera anymore and i don't own one. i will try to get a photo with my gf's mobile(mine is worst) but i highly doubt it will be of anyhelp. i will try to borrow my mother's digicam when i go to my old house if problem doesnt go away but it seems a bit better when i started to wet it since its not crusty anymore but the white part is still there.

something worrying is that she is getting a pink belly so i think she's preparing to shed and she justed last week. so this could be something to do with bactera/vir. my uncle sugested me putting some water with salt on her eye as it will kill microbes but i dunno if it can hurt her, can it?

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If your snake is about to shed then please, leave the eye alone. Messing with its eye will usually cause more harm then good. If you are honestly this concerned then you need to see a qualified VET. Don't just pour stuff in the snakes eye because you think it might help.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Calm down.

The little white edge is pretty common, I am fairly certain that it is just a little bit of stuck shed. Should go away with the next shed.

Make sure your humidity is around 60-70%. Mist the enclosure if you need too.

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Yup, Kaorte is right on the money.

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Originally Posted by DarkSmoke

something worrying is that she is getting a pink belly so i think she's preparing to shed and she justed last week. so this could be something to do with bactera/vir. my uncle sugested me putting some water with salt on her eye as it will kill microbes but i dunno if it can hurt her, can it?

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You say she shed last week but her belly is red? Something is not right. The ONLY thing I would put on the eye is bacitracin antibiotic gel. Not neosporin.

I use a bit of this if I ever have a snake with a retained eyecap. If both eyecaps came off in the shed and you are positive that there was not a second retained eyecap under it, then keep humidity high for now but make sure the bedding is clean and fresh. Clean and sanitize everything. The water bowl, wipe down the inside of the enclosure with disinfectant, etc..

After a complete tear down and wash and disinfect of everything, CALL A VET! Please find an exotics vet within reasonable distance if this problem does not look better within a couple days.

Red belly after a shed can mean infection or scale rot, burn from heat source or parasites.

Hi, a month probably passed since i last gave an update. the snakes white line on the eye is nearly gone, i can confirm she's seeing and she's not blind, she's still eating without a problem, and the eye doesn't look dried like it used too, But the eye is still smaller then the other one :S should i be worried or no?

Thanks for letting us know the animal is better. Others can let you know if you should be concerned. ;)

has she shed again since this issue?

It still sounds a bit like it might be a piece of retained cap to me but I am just going off what I have read. It can just look like a tiny little white eye lid. Let us know and I am glad that she is doing better.

when she got in shedding last week her eye had something wich looked like fungus on the outline of her eye i was very woried and tought she had a fungus infection (dunno if she really had it), But when sheded the eye healed completly and now looks normal again! :) sorry for being a week late to update you guys.