Thanks so much for this thread! My girl had a stuck eyecap and I've been soaking her to try to get rid of it. I've been soaking her regularly for two months, used mineral oil, everything. It turns out I wasn't soaking her long enough. I left her in for an hour this time like you suggested, and the eyecap was floating in the water when I took her out! She took her first meal for two months right after.