Quote Originally Posted by aimin4strz View Post
I agree with most of what your saying... and I'm not saying that you are wrong... but I have very educated people that would disagree with you on parts... thats where it comes down to each person doing it differently... I've been told by multiple people you never want to use any type of topical ointment because of absorption and breathing issues through the lens... Again, I'm not saying your wrong... but it comes down to me taking little bits of advice and going with what my gut says... I appreciate your information though! Thank you We will consider all you said
Those who have been on this forum for years, many years longer than I have, and who have used this method in "extreme" cases, have never had an issue.. Of course we also tell everyone that oil based ointments are not to be used on wounds on reptiles unless it's a very tiny amount on a very superficial wound. Never a large open wound or burn. Oil can also cause scale flaking. Though some old timers still used mineral oil back in the day for shedding issues, it's not recommended anymore for obvious reasons...

Trust me.. We are "educated" here.. At least those who are not newbies..

The humid hide and raising overall humidity rather high should work but like I said, for extreme cases, or multiple layers of stuck caps, an ointment can be used (a dab on each eye only during blue) and will do absolutely no harm. But this of course is not something that someone should do or have to do continuously. There is another member here who mentioned a specific eye ointment in another thread though I can't remember what it was called. It's an ointment that is for the eyes.

Think about this for a moment.. When a baby is born, they put a huge blob of their hospital brand bacitracin in the infants eyes immediately. This is to prevent infection or pink-eye from coming in contact with the fluids on its way out.. Knowing this, my pediatrician gave me some wonderful advice. My son use to get pink-eye a lot as a baby. He would always be touching his eyes but the medicated drops burn. My Dr told me at the first sign of pink-eye to just put a dab of bacitracin in the inside corner of each of his eyes twice a day. Morning and bedtime.. I did this the next time and the very next morning it was gone. I've done this ever since and pass this tip on to people I know.. Bacitracin.. Not neo.. Neo is triple antibiotic and has other stuff in it. It's also recommended that diabetics who get scratches and wounds easily should not use neo. They should use bacitracin only. Bacitracin is only one ingredient and is identical to the antibiotic ointment they put in a newborns eyes in the hospital..

We humans don't have a hard protective cap covering our eyes...

Think about it..

These supposed experts you speak of? I would gladly tell them to their face how wrong they are. This is absolutely no offense to you so don't take it the wrong way but if you're talking about a group of local people from a small local expo who are simply set in their ways and would never ever consider their advice might be wrong, then you really should start asking questions here.. They sound rather close-minded..

If you ask all the same questions here in the appropriate forum areas, and then see the flood of replies you get and the different answers you get from so many different people, I'm sure you may start to open your eyes to other possibilities. Look at your snake.. Isn't it apparent that the people you were talking to prior were wrong?

I've been keeping and raising snakes since 1995.. I've been a member of this forum for a few years now. I'm sorry if I'm not educated enough for you to trust..