Take a look and please help

What is this on his eye or is it damaged?


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no its called a dent it might mean there isn't enough humidity in it enclosure or the animal is dehydrated it should go away in the next shed.

Can you get a closer shot in better lighting? I can't see it very well, maybe someone else with a bigger monitor can.

it's a dent, caused by lack of humidity. (doesn't mean your snake is dehydrated *yet*, but bump up the hygro a bit.)

humidity is at 59%???

Could it be a bit of retained eye cap, if their is such a thing. Or is this something that kinda just poped up all of a sudden?

wait till the next shed and see if it comes back

He shed last Sat...kind of worried!

Dinger just curious, when did you first notice this?

30 min ago

Don't worry just pump up the humidity soak him and if it comes back in the next shed then worry.

i'm telling you, it's a dent. peanut has a small one that's slowly disappearing, and bubba has them all over his eyes from being in dry tanks. and peanut's formed with a humidity of 55%. what are you using to measure the humidity?

hydrometer

are you serious or are you trying to get smart?? what kind of hygrometer silly.

digital or not

sorry...digital

Yeah, likely a dent - 'Suki came with his - he had been kept in generic pet shop conditions (not humid enough) - his first shed shortly thereafter was problematic. It has gotten noticably smaller since we got him and his last shed was pretty effortless.

what should I keep my humidity at and for how long?

mine bounces between 65 and 70 and everything is going great.

My BP enclosure stays at around 60-65% and I havent seen dents yet, if your enclosure is fairly steady at 59% I would say humidity is pretty good.

does this go away?

and it has been steady between 57-60 for the last week. Just got him on Thursday

if you just got the snake, he was probably in a dry enviornment prior to you getting him. raise the humidity, like we've stated, and everything will be alright. i promise.

ok , thanks for the info

Hey Dinger,
That would be a dent from a low humidity, yes kind of like a peice of retained eyecap (same deal).
Please do not stick anything like a q tip or solution in the snakes eyes, (no matter what you read off of the internet!, this is better left to be dealt with by a DVM). The only reason to actually treat such a thing would be if it has been dented or retained for a very long period of time.
Just up the humidity the best you can and it should go away by next shed.
Just my two cents,
Rusty

I Checked the humidity this morning and it was 71%. I will leave it like this for a while. Thanks for everyones help.

Every now and then Samsons eyes will dent, I keep his humidity at 60% and use the vitamin and hydrating drops in his water. It is not because he is dehydrated i think its more of bumping and rubbing his head against stuff while i am handling him. Every now and then i will notice a small dent in his eye, but then it is back to normal the next day!!

I wouldn't worry about it. His eye is not dented. Its the cap that protects the organ that bent due to lack of moisture. What are the temps on the hot spots? Make sure you know and don't guess. Bump the humidity to 70% and make sure you spot clean and change out his substrate on a daily basis(if news paper or carpet). It is nothing to worry about. Everyone learns with their first snakes. I know this because my little girl had the same dent on her left eye, just like urs,. Bump that humidity up and it will go away in a week or so :o

The humidity is at 71. The hot spot is at 89-91. for some reason when I wake up the hot spot is at 86-88. The probe has not moved.

It's most likely just a night-time drop of a few degrees, which is nothing to sweat over.

When I handled my BP today, he felt cold. What is their core temp? I just want to know if he should feel that cold.

Snakes don't have a "core temp" like people or mammals do. They regulate their body temperature from their surroundings...which is why it's important to have a proper gradient set up for each snake. Different species have very different needs. Snakes often feel cold to the touch, especially if they've been hanging out on the cool side of their enclosure. If you have a long handling session, you'll notice that he gets warmer with the constant contact to your warm body.

Thanks for the info.. As a begining snake owner, I just want to be careful and take care of my BP the best I can.

That's what we like to see. It's better to ask a question you think might be silly than to risk not having good information for taking care of your animals. We all need to learn what we can and asking is often the best way to do that. :)

Indeed - and also consider this: humans run a much higher and much more consistent body temperature so something that feels cold, cool or tepid to us is only relatively so. For example if you were going to let your snake soak in the tub and went to fill it up with water and adjusted the temperature so that it felt warm (not hot) to you it would likely still be too hot for the snake. To further compliacate things our silly human extremities (HANDS you pervs) can have pretty fluctuating temperatures as well, further skewing that relative sensation.

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(sorry I have a sort of typer's tourette's)