one eye is cloudier than the other

[steffa]

i got my ball python around march 16 and lately ive noticed one of his eyes are cloudier than the other and the other eye looks like its turning from the outside in, his skin is saggier and he does look darker but i was wondering if he could possibly be shedding

[The Serpent Merchant]

Not yet but you are getting close. The eyes will turn blue before a shed and it takes about a week for a BP to shed from the day they turn blue.

[jcoylesr76]

just keep in mind they will return to their normal color after the blue, right before they shed. do not worry if tomorrow the blue is gone and he has not shed yet.

[steffa]

there not blue yet there like a silvery cloudy and its only mostly showing in one eye!

[DooLittle]

We call the "silvery" blue. It's when there is fluid between the layers that cause them to look "blue" or cloudy. The eyes being the most noticeable. You probably will also notice that pre shed you snake has been doing lots of hiding?

[dr del]

Hi,

Can you get any closer pics of the eye?

Also what kind of hides do you have?

One of my girls scuffed her eyecaps when I used an unglazed terracotta hide - it went away with the next shed so I replaced the hide.



You can see a bit of the hide in the lower left.

Is there any white ring around the eye or, if you look at it side on, is the eyecap shiny but the eye still blue? Is the blue colour uniform over the whole eye or is it thicker in the middle and fading towards the edges?


dr del

[steffa]

well on one eye you can see it right in the middle its silvery/cloudy no sign of blue , it also looks a little bigger than the other eye shes squirmy so its really hard to take a picture shes not really hiding shes just curled up in a ball not even in her hide she feels squishy kind of like theres fluid between her skin like she is going to shed but back to the point on her other eye it looks like a ring sort of like how you explained , for some reason it wont come out in pictures but its really odd;/ her skin also looks like in the picture above

[steffa]

its not a terracotta hide its like just a regular one from the pet store that looks like a rock lol

[steffa]

here is a picture i just took of her

she kind of looks wrinkly , shes not dry or anything humidity is at 60 and her temp on the hot side is 91 and about 80 on the cool side

[steffa]