Eyecap

I've got a stuck eyecap and a little shed on medusa's head. I cant get aywhere near her head with anything without her trying to bite me... Blah. I tried soaking, which removed all of the shed except her eyecap and that little "patch" It's been stuck for like 3 days, and it looks like she has a dent in her eye that has the eyecap stuck. The other eye is perfectly normal. Whats the best way to remove it? :confused:

Oh, and if you read my last thread with the whole poop thing, she DID poop at last! =D

I would say rub a little mineral oil on it with a cuetip and hold her head and gently remove it with a tweezers if you feel comfortable doing that with her.

Well, a vet told me a long time ago no my old Ball that had this problem...........

Get a piece of Scotch Tape and wrap it sticky side out around the tip of your finger.

Then you need to hold the snakes head. They will not like it but it will only take a few seconds. They will love you afterwards though.

Gently use your finger and place it on the eye cap and remove. Make sure not to press hard. Just enough to get contact with the cap.

It worked like a charm for me and the snake seemed to like it afterwards. Just for the fact that it was on there so long because I gave it alot of time to come off on it's own but it never did.

I didnt want to cause it stress by holding the head, but I guess I'l have to. I've heard of both methods, but I wasnt sure which one worked best. I'll give it a little more time, and if it hasnt come off by then, I'll try the tape one because I have no mineral oil. :D Thank alot for the help!

Hun, you can also just wait until the next shed. That eyecap won't cause any problems whatsoever and will just come off next time. Eyecaps cause problems when they buildup over time, and no one takes care of it. Bacteria can buildup underneath those layers and cause infection. Just one eyecap won't do a thing.

Waiting would be the safest thing to do. A lukewarm moist washcloth draped over her head for a bit would help too. Just no tweezers and NO tape.

Be extremely careful using tape on your snakes eyes. A stuck eyecap is much better than damaging your snakes eye. Wait until the next shed, if it doesnt come off take the snake to someone with experience like a vet and have them do it. After you see someone with experience do it you will atleast have an idea of what you should be doing. A stuck eyecap is not a huge deal bro.

You risk seriously injuring (or worse) your snake if you use tape or a tweezer.

Oh, wow. Thanks for advise. :D I get all paranoid whenever anything happens to my snakey-poo, but I guess its better than not caring about it.

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Originally Posted by nebby3103

You risk seriously injuring (or worse) your snake if you use tape or a tweezer.

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If you have a stready hand a tweezers will work fine and you should have no trouble getting the eye cap off.

Plus, that's how Vets do it.

With tape.

If you cannot get it off with soaking, you are not doing everything right. I got a snake with 3 full layers of stuck shed many months ago and a good soaking and rub down got EVERYTHING off, eye caps included. If your vet suggests touching your snake's eye with tape for any reason all because of one eye cap, I suggest finding a new vet. As Becky already said, an eye cap will not hurt the snake unless it has been there for quite some time and is becoming infected.

Try these 2 things.
1. Soak your snake for an hour in lukewarm water. Put it in a moist pillow case and tie it off. It will slither around for a little while and the eye cap should easily come off in the pillow case.
2. Soak your snake for an hour in lukewarm water. Put a damp washcloth in one hand and let him slither through it a few times. As moist as his old shed will be after the soak, it should come off with ease.

I agree here, I had a snake that I took in and he looked pathetic with all of his layers of shed! I soaked him and started cleaning him off. I took a big chunk of his skin that came off and seperated them once they dried. He had 6 layers of stuck shed...it was pathetic!

His eyes were litterally silver from all of the stuck shed. But just keeping his humidity up and such, they came off fine with his next shed, now he's perfect!

Right! During his next shed cycle, the skin over his eyes will be between his eye itself and the old shed. When that one comes off, they both come off.