Dented eye(s)!???

[sophie42204]

Ok, this is the second time this has happened since we've had Sophie. I just had her out as I was doing some 'home improvements' and noticed that one of her eyes looks kind of dented, reminds me of a dented ping pong ball, but it's rather small.....this happened once before the second day we had her, but it was fine a few hours after we first noticed it. I can't find any information about it and it worries me. Has anyone ever heard of this before?

[emroul]

That can occur when the humidity in the enclosure is not high enough. What is the humidity at right now?

Those dents can also appear when there is a retained eye cap (ie: She didn't shed off her eye scales). When she last shed, did you check for both of her eye caps? If they were there, I would have to go with the humidity in the enclosure isn't just right.

Jennifer

[sophie42204]

She had a good shed, eye caps and all. It must be the humidity. While she was in shed, I kept the humidity up by misting her cage about twice a day, but haven't done so in a couple of days. Coincidentally, Mark made me a humidifier last night (from the do-it-yourself section of this site) and I just set it up about 20 mins. ago. The humidity has already risen about 15%, so hopefully this will do the trick. Thanks!

[elevatethis]

I think I've seen that dented eyes are a symptom of dehydration as well...but then again, last time my bp went into shed, she had a dent in her eyecap for a few hours, which went away by itself after a few hours.

[sophie42204]

She's definitely not dehydrated. Good to know that can be a symptom though. That humidifier works excellent. I only had to run it for about 45mins. and the humidity is still up (actually, a little higher than it needs to be, but it should dissipate eventually, I'm keeping a close eye on it). I haven't checked her again, but I will shortly.