Eye Cap or not?

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Hi Guys

so I need some help. Not sure if this is a retained eye cap or not.I did soak a few times ,handled with a damp towel, used wet earbud to try and wipe it off. So now I starting to wonder of its really an eye cap? Don’t want to mess too much with her without being sure its actually a retained eye cap.

Hope you guys can help.

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Looks like it is to me, could also be from a poor shed. Don't force it off, it doesn't look totally ready to come off, just raise her humidity a bit and let her be!

Thanks

Just raise humidity overall and it shouldn't happen again.

Dehydration! Raise the humidity & don't try to force off any eye-caps. It can take a long time for sunken eye-caps to regain their proper convex form, & once damaged
this way, some never do. Stick with it.

IF there are any stuck eye-caps layered on (& I cannot be sure there is) it's safer to let an experienced herp vet take a look at it- it's a very delicate procedure to remove
them IF needed, & many owners have accidentally done far worse permanent damage to their snake's eyes when trying to fix this on their own. But first, raise humidity
& be patient.

Looks like it. Try wiping gently with damp paper towl. If it doesn't come off just try again later.

Sean

As above post or even let it slither around inside a very , very damp rough textured towel for as long as you can - you can feel it’s head so apply very , very gentle pressure in that area and any eye caps will generally just come off safely.
If it fails try again the next day .

Oh and when the head pops out of the towel just recover it with the excess towel ..

This method works great for stubborn skin as well - it actually works best AFTER a short soak but it’s not always required .




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