milky eyes in my python

ok now i have a female ball (tally) her eyes are milky..does anyone know why this may be.it looks like theres a lump in her stomach but i really cant tell.i hope she is not sick.

Do they look like this?
http://www.danielhillreptiles.com/co...ures/Odin8.JPG

If so, she is just going into shed.

yea but she just got done with that a little over a week ago.

might have retained eyecaps

retained eyescaps?humm?sorry but whats that.im a blond.lol

When the snake sheds but the eye scales don't come off.. that's a retained eye cap. Sometimes it happens if your humidity is too low. Try soaking your snake in a shallow container of warmish water for an hour. Make sure there's a good lid on it! You can put paper towels in the container too.

oh no when she sheded her skin came off her eyelids.

Well, she just may be shedding again. Sometimes they shed frequently.

lol ok thank you so you dont think i should worry about it?

Well I can't think of any other reason for her eyes to be milky. I'd keep an eye on her and see if she doesn't shed. If you could post a picture that'd help.

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Originally Posted by Karma

might have retained eyecaps

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retained eye caps are clear not milky.

-adam

How true Adam.. geez I didn't even notice that. *sigh*

ok i will but how do i do that?do i just take a pic of her and download it.or how do i do that?and to get it here

learn something new everyday :)

my bad.

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Originally Posted by diamond1

ok i will but how do i do that?do i just take a pic of her and download it.or how do i do that?and to get it here

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Read this:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=18760

once the picture is on your computer, click on 'gallery' on the upper left panel on the site here. From there click 'upload' on the top panel of that page. From there upload your picture.

Once it's on the site here, right click on the picture and 'copy image address' post it here. You do that by typing [ img ] (paste the image address here) [ /img ] (just take out the spaces in the []s)

alternately just put the link to the pic in your gallery.

lol karma thank you.yea we do all learn something everyday..

ok im going to try that i may have to get my genious daughter to do it for me lol

shes 12 and she knows more about this stuff than me..thats bad.

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Originally Posted by Karma

learn something new everyday :)

my bad.

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No problem ... nothing wrong with trying to be helpful ... although, if you're posting a "guess", it's probably a good idea to let other readers know that you're just guessing so that they don't take an action based on your "guess" that could work out badly for them or their animal.

I hope that doesn't come across as harsh, I certainly don't intend it to be ... I'm still new to this whole "kinder gentler" Adam cr@p ... :twisted:

:P :D :imslow:

-adam

I know you're not trying to be rude. It's all good. I just figured that when a herp goes into shed its eyes get cloudy and if they dont shed the caps then it would just stay cloudy? However I was wrong :D

The cloudiness is fluid separating the outer layer of skin from the younger skin underneath. The fluid drains off, then the snake sheds. This is why they look almost normal in color just before a shed.

Well I've learnt something new too - it's all good :)


And, Diamond1, don't worry about your daughter knowing more about that stuff than you - mine is wayyyyyy ahead of me in all things computer/camera/ipod related :D God knows what I'll do when they leave home!! :clueless:

Sue

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I hope that doesn't come across as harsh, I certainly don't intend it to be ... I'm still new to this whole "kinder gentler" Adam cr@p ... :twisted:

:P :D :imslow:

-adam

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Man, what has HAPPENED to you? :confused: I kind of miss the old Adam. Has someone been spiking your food or something? ;)

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I know you're not trying to be rude. It's all good. I just figured that when a herp goes into shed its eyes get cloudy and if they dont shed the caps then it would just stay cloudy? However I was wrong :D

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Hey Karma,

Have you ever noticed that after the eyes go blue, that after a few days everything goes back to clear including the eyes and you think you've missed the shed?

The shed generally happens a few days after everything goes to clear (at least in my limited experience! ;) )

my ball has only shed once. and i didnt have like a 24/7 cam on her and I wasn't watching her every move. I just left her alone for a lil while. forgive me for replying. I won't talk again.

Karma, please don't feel you can't "talk" in this forum. A gentle reminder to keepers to remember the difference between a guess/something you've read or something from actual experience isn't that rare around here. It's not done to offend you or single you out dear, but more to remind us all that those that come here for advice and guidance do so with the expectation that what they read is based on the wisdom of actual hands on experience. We've all been guilty in our zeal to help another of over-stepping and doing this exact same thing and have learned to temper that a bit as time goes on.

You have something to contribute here as we all do. I'm still relatively new in the great scheme of things as well and learn something new every day as well as pass on what small things I've learned along the way when I can. I've also seen just how many things I thought were "gospel" that have turned out to be just a common misconception floating around the web.

Hope this clears things up a bit for you and you continue to feel welcome here.


~~Jo~~

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my ball has only shed once. and i didnt have like a 24/7 cam on her and I wasn't watching her every move. I just left her alone for a lil while. forgive me for replying. I won't talk again.

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Karma,

My deepest apologies, my reply was not meant as a criticism of you at all. I'm sorry that it came across that way. As I was writing it, in my head it was a friendly "hey have you ever noticed?" as an observation, not as a criticism of you.

I've enjoyed your posts, this is no reason not to post here again! :(

karma you did not offend me so dont worry about it ok.you are welcome to reply to my post anytime.