Need help eye cap!!

Ok jazz my beautiful ball shed two days ago I was out with friends she had a retained eye cap on her left eye I'm soaking her right now I think I'll call my vet, (he has a big RTB in back) and see if he does reptiles I'll try the tape method after soaking I've never had her have this problem. Any help is appreciated! :)

0.1.0 Nbp, 0.1.0 blotched king.

My baby, Phred, had this happen a few sheds back and it was on both eyes. After posting a similar question on here, I followed the advice of a lot of people and just increased his humidity and left it alone until the next shed. They popped right off at his next shed. You may want to do that. Or try the tape thing since you are already doing that.

Lol sorry http://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/14/huqa3a4a.jpg got it off thank god XD I'm relived and this Will be her first feeding since shed and her first rat ever so excited. Here she ishttp://img.tapatalk.com/d/14/04/14/betu6eby.jpg

0.1.0 Nbp, 0.1.0 blotched king.

OMG, she is gorgeous! How big is she? OH, and I am glad the tape thing worked. I may try that if/when I get a stuck eye cap on one of my babies.

i would have left it alone until next shed.

if you accidentally rip off the eye cap that is in use, thats really bad. i mean, really really bad, ive seen pictures of it. it gets infected, dries up, sinks in, deflates, and the eye is gone.

you got lucky.

Tape works 99% of time but is dangerous like above poster stated so I would leave it alone next time risking that 1% chance of loosing an eye isn't worth it

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Glad it worked out for you.
For a single retained eye-cap though honestly, I would not intervene. Fixing the husbandry problem and just watching that the problem takes care of itself on the next shed is likely all that needs to be done.

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Glad it worked out for you.
For a single retained eye-cap though honestly, I would not intervene. Fixing the husbandry problem and just watching that the problem takes care of itself on the next shed is likely all that needs to be done.

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This. Mine had a retained cap from a shed about two weeks ago. I just kept her humidity up and figured that she would lose it the next time around, but she actually lost it a day or so ago.

Hi,

Just joining in to say I would not recommend the tape method. The risks V's the rewards are just too high.

A damp pillowcase with moss or damp paper in it is about as far as I would go.

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Hi,

Just joining in to say I would not recommend the tape method. The risks V's the rewards are just too high.

A damp pillowcase with moss or damp paper in it is about as far as I would go.

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Risks Derek?

It was stated in this thread that it's 99% effective. I'm sure there is real science behind this number.

Well theoretically it would be %100 effective as the eyecap almost certainly comes off with the living eye that gets ripped out of its socket or left exposed to the inevitable infection and blindness.

Though, to be fair, I've only seen one idiot stupid enough to assume multiple eyecaps because the result didn't look right and actually tear out the eye.

I recommend fogging them. My snakes stuck eye cap came right off.

Just wanted to chime in and say I would very strongly recommend NOT using tape. Ever. Lest any newbies read this and see people doing and recommending it. Your chances of damaging the eye are not worth you feeling better about having got it off. Waiting for the next shed for them to come off on their own is a much better plan. One stuck eye cap for a month or two isn't going to hurt them. Peeling off their living lens is...