First Boa!

Meet Cy :)

He's had a rough start. He was born with an genetic eye defect and I said I would take him as a pet only. I've wanted a boa for a while, especially a male sunglow. It was pretty perfect. He was shipped out to me with little incident, besides an ignorant Fedex lady at the pick up location.

When I got home I opened the bag and there was blood. His bad eye looked really bad like it had ruptured. I called the vet and they wanted to see him right away. I took him in and the vet said the outer skin of his eye had actually rubbed off. What I was seeing was the exposed cornea(yuck). The bad news, he was certain Cy could not see out of that eye. The good news, he also couldn't feel it.

Little Cy was sooooo good through the whole exam. Now I have ointment to put on his eye twice a day. For now I have him in a rubbermaid tub with paper towels to keep everything clean. Yesterday I fed him a small meal and he took it like a champ. I was worried with all the stress he wouldn't eat.

He is such an amazing creature. Nothing like my corn snakes or milk snake.

Some pictures to share. I made sure to get his good side :)

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Total stunner for a first boa!

Nice going. You'll love the species. I just bought my first Coastal Carpet python yesterday. Ball, Boa and Carpet. That was our "big 3"!

You will really enjoy boas!

Awesome boy!! Good for you in getting him all straightened out! He looks amazing! :gj:


I'm sure his eye will be ok. Sounds like you have a decent vet. Snakes are incredibly resilient! I'd be interested in seeing a pic of his eye if you don't mind. It's good to see these things from time to time for educational purposes. Keep us posted on how he does!

Sorry for the late reply I've been working a lot.

Here are a couple pictures of his eye today. It's looking a little crusty but doesn't seem to bother him at all.

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Cy shed yesterday. His eye is looking way better. It seems like we will not have to remove it :)
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Cy shed again :) His eye is starting to look worse again. I think another vet visit may be in order.

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He is a beauty. Sucks about the eye, but they are remarkably resilient animals. I love boas - I will have one again someday! Thanks for sharing his story... I will keep following [emoji4]

Thanks for sharing the pics and I hope he continues to do well for you. Our boas are the favorites in our collection... So laid back and curious. They really do make great pet snakes.

Thanks for the kind words :) I just love this guy to pieces.

He has a vet appointment on Thursday so hopefully we get this eye thing figured out

Great first boa, he is a stunner. /jealous Gratz on the new worm. :gj:

Thanks :)


Well Cy went to the vet yesterday. The good news is as of right now, Cy doesn't need surgery to remove his eye (yay!). The vet thinks as long as I keep it clean, it will eventually scar over. He suggested flushing it with saline to keep it from getting crusty, and using topical whenever he rubs his eye cap off (which is frequently).

He also said otherwise he's in great health. He's doubled in weight since I brought him in last time. The vet also checked his mouth and respiration and said he looks great. Cy does have a head tilt, but the vet thinks it's because of not being able to see out of his right eye. Cy will tilt his head to get a better look at you with his good eye.

The vet warned me about IBD, he said I should be aware of it and Cy does have his head tilt. But he also said that he's seen snakes with IBD live long lives without problems. He didn't feel a need to test Cy since I have no other boas or pythons.

Some updated pictures from today. He's so cute

This is the little head tilt he does to get a better look at you

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More pictures!!

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What a beauty! He looks much bigger and nice and healthy :)

Cy is such a gorgeous snake! Sorry about the eye problem that stinks, but at least he's not in pain, and he's in great hands :) thanks so much for sharing. His pattern and colors are so perfect.

Thank you so much :) He is just the sweetest. He can be a little jumpy on that side but he seems to handle it well. I weighed him today and he's 187g. He was 64g when I got him :)