Help... BP has her right eye is bulging

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A herb vet called us and from what we explained and the pictures, he thinks that when her eye caps were removed, her corneas where punctured. Then we we soaked her, water built up and caused this issue.

We have eye antibiotics we are giving her and we will take her in to get the eye cleaned and more antibiotics.

Thank you to evryone that has helped and I will keep everyone updated with how she does.

If that is the case, and the living spectacle was punctured, you need a very talented reptile vet. I know that the mob always recommends immediately mucking with these retained caps, but the truth is waiting it out one shed is going to hurt the snake. On the other hand, incorrectly dealing with this situation has some very serious consequences.

I have seen a few of these and they rarely turn out well. That animal is going to need a variety of medications and an almost sterile environment if that is the case.

This is why you should never, ever attempt to remove a damn retained spectacle unless you (1) are sure its retained and (2) know what the hell you are doing. Hint: Reading a care sheet does not qualify you to mess with your snake's eyes. (this is not directed at the OP per se.............)

Every single one of you that offers up home remedies on removing stuck caps needs to check yourself before you post. If you can't see the snake and you don't know how to perform the procedure yourself, refer the poster to a vet and let it go.

If the OP's snake has a punctured cornea or a breached living spectacle, there is a good chance that the OP is going to spend a crap load of money and the animal may still end up permanently blind. The tissue around the eye is very susceptible to infection and once infected, fairly difficult to treat.

The protocol for someone new to this hobby dealing with a retained spectacle should be to leave it for one shed and then if it doesn't resolve, go to a vet.

Period.

To the OP - I wish you the best of luck. Hopefully this turns out to be a lot less serious than damage to the living spectacle or the corneas.