Brown stuff on corner of eye

I'll post pictures when I get back. I noticed Yukon has this brown clump on the back corner of both eyes, that almost looks like stuck food (but obviously not food, since food is rats). And I can't google any info about it.

Does anyone know what this is?

Pictures would help. My first thought would be snake mites, they can congregate around the edges of the eyes.

That would be my first thought, too. Alternately - is he a poocaso? Or any mucus type secretions in his tub? He could've rubbed and gotten it smeared into his eye.

Just offering alternatives, but once you post up a pic it'll be easier to identify. bcr is probably right, though. Has he been soaking? Also, check the cloaca. That is another spot they really like to cluster.

Oh gosh, I really really hope not.... It didn't look like mites to me- it's like a light brown clump, but I'll post the pics tonight.

He has not been soaking, and I'll check the cloaca too.

Maybe substrate then. Is he on cypress or cocoa-husk? Though neonate mites can be reddish-brown, the adults are black.

No, he's just on aspen, and it doesn't look like aspen either. Well, hope they're not just extremely young mites or something... hopefully just poop painting.

You can dampen a white paper towel with a spray of water, gently wipe his face, and see if you can figure out what it is.

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Tried wiping it off, but he jerks his head away from touch... argh.

Could it be he popped a scale off and that's a small scab? I may be off base, but Mon Cheri bit her rat so hard once that she lifted the edge of a scale right above her eye. There was a small amount of blood and the scale remained lifted at the edge until she shed twice.

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Could it be he popped a scale off and that's a small scab? I may be off base, but Mon Cheri bit her rat so hard once that she lifted the edge of a scale right above her eye. There was a small amount of blood and the scale remained lifted at the edge until she shed twice.

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Oh, hopefully... Well, I'm glad it's confirmed that it's not anything related to mites, at least!

yep, looks like a scab to me. i think Cake poked him in the eye 3-stooges style.

ouch! ----> ;)

Any updates?

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Yeah, the brown stuff disappeared a few days ago! I guess it really was a scab... somehow on both eyes in the same location.

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Yeah, the brown stuff disappeared a few days ago! I guess it really was a scab... somehow on both eyes in the same location.

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I guess it's the scale configuration or something? Like that particular area has the scales on where they can easily lift, or something. Glad to hear they're all healed up and it's nothing bad


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Yeah, the brown stuff disappeared a few days ago! I guess it really was a scab... somehow on both eyes in the same location.

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Weird. Is there anything he could've rubbed on? Maybe a little rough spot on the edge of an air hole?

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Weird. Is there anything he could've rubbed on? Maybe a little rough spot on the edge of an air hole?

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I have no idea... could one of the air holes! He will be upgrading to a bigger tub very soon, so I'll have to remake one anyway. :P