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dented eye while in blue?
Hi,
While trying to feed cleopatra tonight (she refused but no biggie as she seems porky lately and was never a reliable eater when in shed) I noticed one of her eyecaps has a big dent in it.
It wasn't there 2 days ago and the other eyecap is fine. She is in full blue but wasn't using her humid hide today. I'm reluctant to try and soak her as people say it can cause a bad shed and wonder if I should just wait till she sheds to see if there is still a problem? She was going noticeably blue a couple of days ago so she should shed in 4 days or so I think.
Any advice?
She seems perfectly happy within herself and kept trying to stick her tongue up my nose when I was examining it.
dr del
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
Only thing Ive heard of doing is bumping up the humidity. But given the fact you've been here longer than I have and seem well informed I'm assuming you've done that. Guess you could try just sticking her in the humid hide?
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
maybe she's bumped it on bedding, "furniture" in her home. I've seen dents on mine, but not that extreme....I just boost the humidity up, up to and just after all the shedding, and they're okay.
Good luck Derek. Pls post how she does in a few days, okay??? I'm VERY curious to see/hear what you've done and how she does afterwards.
Sweety314
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
I have seen this before on a rescue I took in a few years back and from memory it came out fine post shed. The snake in question was kept in too high a humidity ( almost marshy conditions ) when I got her and I simply treated it as a Ball in shed and all worked out ok.
I did'nt raise or lower humidity other than normal for a shed, and it came out ok afterwards, although to be fair that indent looks very prominent.
I always raise humidity higher than normal when they are in shed so I would think if you also do that it would be enough.
Maybe others have had more incidents like this and can offer alternative solutions, that is the only one I can recall from my experience and it sorted itself out post shed.
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
Hi,
Yes I'm assuming she has bumped it on some cage furniture too - probably the cork bark.
I'm planning on waiting to see how it looks after the fluid drains from between the skin layers to see if that lessens it somewhat through sheer mechanical processes. Also at that point she traditionally lives in her humid hide till the actual shed so that also might help. As a side point once the blue has gone I will be able to see eye movements etc to make sure the eye itself isn't being badly affected.
Will definately have to soak her if the dent remains after the shed though.
dr del
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
Derek I have seen that on our animals before. It typically goes away after the shed. I have not hed one that kept that dent after the shed yet, however, if yours does, I would definitely give her a good soak to help rehydrate.
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Re: dented eye while in blue?
Hi,
You were absolutely spot on Tim.
She was shedding tonight so snapped this pic when she was done - one lovely shiny eye.
dr del
Derek
7 adult Royals (2.5), 1.0 COS Pastel, 1.0 Enchi, 1.1 Lesser platty Royal python, 1.1 Black pastel Royal python, 0.1 Blue eyed leucistic ( Super lesser), 0.1 Piebald Royal python, 1.0 Sinaloan milk snake 1.0 crested gecko and 1 bad case of ETS. no wife, no surprise.
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