How to help a potentially blind snake?

[Tereghan]

I too have a mostly blind snake the only additional advise is to make sure the prey item is quite warm and the hemostats (feeding tool) is cool. Mine has terrible aim and will miss if it is not warm enough, I make sure the head is 100ºF and body is 90º or so give or take.

Thanks for this! (And also thanks for everyone who gave similar heat advice.) I'm lucky enough to have a decent animal manager where I work, I'll try it at home the first week and then get her help if he doesn't eat a couple of times after. I know he may skip the first one or so due to the stress of the move, but I also don't want him starving due to something I'm doing wrong the first few times. Even through treatment though he's always eaten like a champ.

Had him out for just a few minutes this morning to give him a more thorough check over and it seems like he may have had some stuck scales from his last shed. I've got a vet appointment for next week (sadly the first available at a very busy but good exotics guy) so I'll have him verify it's nothing worse then maybe give him a light soaking.

Got some pics, Including the one from my avatar in larger form:

Settling in the first night.


The right eye.


The left eye, which appears to be sunken or missing.


edit: And after reading around here I've replaced that half log with a smaller plastic one, but haven't wanted to bug him with more pictures yet. The flash didn't seem to bother him that first night, but he freezes when I stare at him too long so I don't know if he has some partial sight or just instinct that a possible predator is looking his way.