Hey again everyone. I got another special one. After I get everyone eating, I go and get another special baby. I've dubbed her Inferno, and she's approx 1150g. She's eaten 2x for me, no problems, and is about to go into shed. Sounds perfect right? Not so much. She's got several layers of retained cap on her right eye. Day 1, I was able to get 2 layers off, no problems. She's got a great temperment (I wouldn't be so nice about my eyes being touched). I've been spraying her eye daily, sometimes 2x daily with shedding aid, then letting it dry before putting her back in her tank. Yes, I do rub it very lightly with the pad of my thumb.

I noticed a couple of days ago that it's looking.. sunken, or flat. Her left eye is perfect, round, shiney and healthy. Her right eye, not so much. (Pics incoming.) She's starting to go blue, so I know more, or have a more well informed opinion in a week-two weeks. I know it's going to be a rough shed simply because her underside is.. well.. it looks like she's got a bit of scale rot in a couple of places, as well as some skin "flaking" off. Almost like it's shedding, but only on a few scales, in a few areas. (It may just be formerly stuck shed coming off due to proper humidity/shedding aid, I can't say for sure.)

Here's my question. If she is, in fact, in the process of losing that eye, what can I do about it? I called the vet, and they said to put her down. I very politely told them to bite me. The closest place I can find that has a decent, not a good, but a decent herp vet is over 2 hours away. I can either make the trip, or pay for the vet, I don't have the money for both. So I'm turning to you guys. Obviously, I'm not putting her down over a bum eye.

I've dealt with retained caps before, but nothing like this. Now for the pic(s).



I know it's not the best res photo, however all I have is my camera phone. What you can barely see is right above her eye, it's almost like scales are growing down over the eye. Also. She's got a.. brown-ish scab-like texture on the lower portion of her eye. As I said before, She's getting ready to shed, so I'll know more as soon as she does and will keep ya'll informed.

Any ideas, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

(She's in a 55gal long w/ a custom top. Typically sitting at 82-86, depending on where she is in her enclosure. she's got a wooden hide, aspen substrate, a log, water bowl and her moss. On the days I don't spray her moss, it's about 50% humidity, when I do it jumps to about 70%. Also, she's on sm live rats, atm. )