What's wrong with my ball python?

[Lizard licks]

My ball python gets a stuck shed over the same eye after every shed even though the humidity is 70+%, now that eye looks messed up it is hard to explain it looks like tiny patches of stuck shed over the eye. Lately when I feed him he can't get the rat he strikes near it or hits it but don't bite he'll knock it out of the tongs. Just today when I tried to feed him he got the first rat but then after he ate it he started striking at everything like his water bowl and hide and the tongs when I tried to feed him a second. He just bit his bedding which is paper towels ripped a piece off and wouldn't let go I had to pull it out of his mouth with tongs. What is wrong? Is he blind in the one eye?

[dr del]

Can you get us a nice clear picture of his eye?

The striking but not biting sounds like defensive striking rather than a bad feeding strike - he might be stressed?

Can you run us through your temps and enclosure to see if we can give you more focused advice.

[Lizard licks]

It won't let me attach photos from my gallery but his temps are and average of 80-88 Fahrenheit. Humidity is an average of 65-70%. His tank is 75 gallons which I know is too big I'm getting a smaller one he's been in that tank for about a year but just started this a month ago. I'll see if I can private message the photos to you.

[alan12013]

Wow. How do you keep the humidity that high in a tank?

[Lizard licks]

Wow. How do you keep the humidity that high in a tank?

Wet towel over the lid, the lid is a wire mesh

[alan12013]

Well I've had various reptiles for a while and some that need serious humidity so I have a little experience with this. In fact I've even helped one of my BPs with shedding on his head and eye. I've used Repti-Shed and this other stuff by Zilla at PETCO that you mix with water. I mixed it with water in a spray bottle (more like a mist bottle) then sprayed him and handled him a bit and while he was squirming away he would brush up against stuff in his home and that was enough to get it removed. I strongly support the shedding aide stuff that is for sale as I've had such good experiences.