This is my first go at breeding ball pythons, and has not been a very easy run. Out of 6 eggs from my pewter female / champagne Mojave male, only 2 made it (2 were infertile and 2 more were lost during incubation). The first hatchling out had its cord twisted so wasn't able to absorb the yolk. Carefully removed baby and yolk from egg, untwisted the cord and it was able to absorb most of the yolk with no problem and is doing great! Now when the second one emerged I noticed both eyes were very large. They didn't appear cloudy or discolored so I thought maybe was just a genetic deformity. They are 8 days old today, and the eyes appear to be getting cloudy now. Friday evening when I got home from work the babies left eye was down back to normal, so thought hey maybe it will right itself. But then the next day it had started swelling again. I had looked into blocked lacrimal ducts but thought that would be very abnormal with it being a hatchling and not having taken a first meal yet. I brought to the vet I work at and we opened the mouth and cleaned along the roof of the mouth with a wet cotton swab to see if we could clear anything that might me clogging the ducts...but the swelling is still there. I have started some antibiotic drops just incase that might help (neo poly gram). Has anybody had this with a hatchling before!!?? Any help would be greatly appreciated! THanks. New to this site so not really sure if this was done correctly. Hope the photos come up!

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