eye cap after 2 sheds

[muddoc]

Just remember that even if the eye caps came off you may see one or more of these things on the eye if the humidity drops too low. Dont automatically assume that its always a retained eye cap. If thats the case the dents or wrinkles will go away within a day or 2 if you raise the humidity.

The above advice is great. I couldn't have said it better myself. I would say that if you made a subtle attempt at removing it, and it didn't come off, then the snake is probably dehydrated, especially if you mist the snake, and the wrinkle goes away.

With all of that said, let me relay a story about a stuck eye cap that I had about 7 years ago. I had a female that was 2 years old, and had what I thought was a retained eye cap (it looked exactly like you described). I misted her really good, and let her sit for about 30 minutes. I then went back, and proceeded topick at her eye. What I did next was to peel off the lense of her eye. While this was bad, and her eye turned hazy and blue for about 4 months, after about 3 or 4 sheds, her eye looked normal again. She has since recovered full vision in her eye (I assume by her reactions to movement near her "bad" eye). So, be very careful when trying to remove eye caps.

Nowadays, I use my thumb nail to very gently look into the fold of the eye, and see if I can see the edge of the eye cap. If there is a retained cap on the eye, you will see the skin where it tore around the eye, and I will continue to remove the cap. If I cannot see a flap under the scale around the eye, I leave it alone, and make sure to check the next shed really good for the caps.

I hope that helps,