Hatchling with Enlarged Eyes...

[jsmorphs2]

Thank you all for the great info and Dr. Del for all the links!! The post about Bugsy is really helpful.

The little guy is still in the egg and if it looks like its going strong then we'll have it drained (or do it ourselves with a vets tutelage).

[jsmorphs2]

"He" came out this morning. The umbilical cord was twisted around his yolk sack and it was left behind in the egg. There was a bit of umbilicus still attached to him but has since fallen off. He's a trooper for sure.

Yolk left in egg


Right out of the egg, before picture. It seemed like even more fluid built up since yesterday.



*NOTE - I am not a veterinarian and would not recommend anyone trying this with their own animals. I have had experience giving animals injections and fluids and felt confident in my ability to do this procedure with out causing un-due harm to my animal.* Sorry, just had to add that .


I drained the fluid behind his eye caps. I used a TINY sterilized needle and cleaned the eye cap with chlorhexidine/water solution and gently pricked the side of the eye cap at an angle as to not chance getting his eye. Upon closer inspection there was a large gap between his eye cap scale and the actual eye so there was little chance of actually poking his eye. I used a q-tip to GENTLY message around the eye to keep the fluid moving with out putting direct pressure on his eye. After most of the fluid drained I swabbed on a bit of neosporin (non pain reliever) over the site. He was a very good patient so it didn't seem painful to him. I also inspected the inside of his mouth and it seemed normal however his head is small/under developed.

After.



I have a feeling I will have to repeat this until his head grows a bit. Hopefully its only a size issue and nothing more complicated.

[kellysballs]

I hatched an animal similar to this last year. He eventually died. He never ate on his own and his eyes had to be drained every few days. His head was also shorter than normal. My vet agreed with the other posters here that the duct was blocked or deformed and if the snake ate on his own and grew there was a possibility that his duct would have unblocked itself.

[Generationshell]

Poor snake I really hope it gets better. Sounds painful

[jsmorphs2]

Poor snake I really hope it gets better. Sounds painful

Thank you. I'm not sure what the future holds for this little one but I'll give him a good shot.

[shelliebear]

Poor little guy
My fiance and I wish you the best of luck, and we are hoping he makes a speedy (and complete!) recovery.
I hope he makes it. He's so cute.
I'm sure he feels better now, but when I saw the picture of his eyes post-drained I almost cried. Looks painful.
Hang in there!

[Anya]

What a cutie!!! I just melted with that last pic...

Wishing him all the best!

[jsmorphs2]

I guess I should have updated this thread too . We weren't able to get him on track and unfortunately had to euthanize him.


Here is more of his story .

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...+enlarged+eyes

[xfallingpointx]

bugsy ended up being put down ive read that most of the snakees that come out like that end up dying. Not trying to be negative thats just what ive read. Good luck though

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