eYE pROBLEM

Hey guys i hope im in the right forum area but i have a pet BP named POOPSIE and she is a little over a year old. She is almost two feet now and she has had an eye problem. I fed her the other day via dead rat and after she ate i noticed the right eye is recessed a little more than the other eye. I can kinda see the cavity past her eye a little. I will post pics soon. i don't no if her eye cap cam undone or wht but she seems to b not affected y it though and she can still see is this natural or what im just worried. :tears:

HELP Please somebody its urgent

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Originally Posted by claybird

Hey guys i hope im in the right forum area but i have a pet BP named POOPSIE and she is a little over a year old. She is almost two feet now and she has had an eye problem. I fed her the other day via dead rat and after she ate i noticed the right eye is recessed a little more than the other eye. I can kinda see the cavity past her eye a little. I will post pics soon. i don't no if her eye cap cam undone or wht but she seems to b not affected y it though and she can still see is this natural or what im just worried. :tears:

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post pictures. I don't really understand the nature of the problem you're trying to explain. I'd suggest going to an exotic or reptile specialist vet to get your snake checked out.

Get to a qualified vet for herps... could be a number of factors including dehydration, parasitic etc. Not to scare you cause I know you are, but the vet is the best bet. May be something simple...

If looking for a vet for herps - www.herpvetconnection.com (there are other listings as well)

Try raising the humidity, sounds like a dented eye cap.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Try raising the humidity, sounds like a dented eye cap.

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Its not dented i have taken care of that before....the whole eye cap has recessed kind of picks will be up tomorrow its really late

http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h.../Picture35.jpg
Se where her scales ends and this flap of skin is on the top part of her eye and the cavity in the bottom part of her eye
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h.../Picture30.jpg
see the difference in the length of the eyes sticking out they use to be the same length
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h.../Picture36.jpg
http://i258.photobucket.com/albums/h.../Picture34.jpg
what could cause this when she stretched her mouth to eat could it of done it.....it doesnt seem to bother her...

only advice I can give you is make an appointment with your vet.

Could it be an infection? My girl just got the same some months ago, she had a retained eye cap from 3 sheds ago which went really bad. From what I've experienced, you gotta take her to the vet ASAP if that's the case.

Here's some photos from the day we took her to the vet, we had to wait like 2-3 days because the closest reptile-vet only works on Tuesdays... :confused:

You can clearly see the eye is bulging out.
http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x.../redigert3.jpg

http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x...to/Nyoka04.jpg

Is this somewhat what it looks like on your snake?

no its the oposite it is recessed not buldgimg

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Originally Posted by clockwork

post pictures. I don't really understand the nature of the problem you're trying to explain. I'd suggest going to an exotic or reptile specialist vet to get your snake checked out.

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Originally Posted by boboso

Get to a qualified vet for herps... could be a number of factors including dehydration, parasitic etc. Not to scare you cause I know you are, but the vet is the best bet. May be something simple...

If looking for a vet for herps - www.herpvetconnection.com (there are other listings as well)

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Originally Posted by filly77

only advice I can give you is make an appointment with your vet.

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Take your snake to a vet.

ok she has a vet already but before i take her does it look seriously bad i mean she can still see and she seems not to care....can that skin that is over her eye get caught on the cap and be strecthing the skin and that is causing the problem?

None of us are vets and we can't see the snake in real time. It would be really irresponsible for any of us to make a diagnosis or to suggest any course of action other than to get the snake to a qualified vet and have it checked out thoroughly :)

Glad you have an appointment and hope to read about the follow-up!

thank ya guys

recessed is more likely to mean that the flesh around the eye is swollen and puffy, and kinda swallowing the eye a little as a result. If you go to the vet, please tell us what they say as I've been noticing something similar on one of my snakes, but it's not getting worse or affecting her at all (in fact i was sure i was just hallucinating before now, but maybe i'm not).

OK.........heres the news ......pheeeeeeewwwww.....its was nothing bad...the skin was swollen from where she had mites earlier this year and it was just healing and she has worms but they took care of that so.....im happy....i felt bad for all the test she had to go through ....Poopsie is truly POOPED lol...in two weeks i am taking her back for a checkn up to make sure that helped her

Glad every thing worked out and that she's on the road to recovery.

after the vet the other day was does it mean when the BP is sniffling/sneezing

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Originally Posted by claybird

after the vet the other day was does it mean when the BP is sniffling/sneezing

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possible respitory infection problem from having her outdoors:(, taking her to the vet. Somebody correct me if Im wrong. If it continues or gets worsed call the vet and make another appointment asap