Quote Originally Posted by Linda
Hi,
"I am a new member. I have 6 cornsnakes and 2 ball pythons.
My balls are Camille who is a baby around 9 mos old and
Sudan, who will be three in July and is 3 1/2 feet long."

Welcome!

"I am new to balls and kept Camille's humidity level up to about 80%
since she had her first, bad shed with me in January."

I might be wrong but I believe 80% humidity is WAY too much for a ball python. You should keep her at 50-60% humidity. (forgive me if I'm wrong). If you are helping her with a shed you should give her a soak in lukewarn water to assist the shed instead of raising the humidity to 80%.

"I got her in Dec.
She developed a RI almost two weeks ago...she wheezed a bit and clicked.
I took her to a vet who put her on oral Baytril for three weeks. She hates
it. I have been told by other snake owners to give her shots but my vet said she was too young. So she has gotten 5 doses of the med and hasn't wheezed in two days.
She did a beautiful shed three weeks ago that was all in one piece. From the high humidity I am sure. But I did'n't know any better but now I do.
I have read the care sheet here on the forum and now have her temps on both sides adjusted along with the humidity. I have it lower so she gets rid of the RI.
My question is should I keep her for three weeks on the Baytril. I can't feed her while she is on it as I was told she will regurge since the digestive flora will be all screwed up from the antibiotic. She hasn't eaten now for almost 2 weeks. She only weighs 226grams."

You can keep her on it for three weeks. I do not believe that it will cause any problems if you dont feed her for 2 or 3 more weeks. That wieght might be an issue though. How old is she?But hen again if it seems to be working you might be able to take her off the meds

"Sudan is new to me. I got him last Thursday. When I got there I saw that he had blue eyes. The lady told me he had been blue for two days. Today is a full week later and he is still blue but his eyes look dry and wrinkly. I emailed the lady and she said it sounds like he is retaining his shed due to the stress from the move. She said she was afraid that would happen. I told her that I wish she had told me that as I would have waited to get him after he had shed at her house. She also told me that when she got him from a breeder a year ago, he had a bad shed and retained his eyecaps. She had to have a vet remove the eyecaps. She said he has been fine since then.
He seems completely blind and is bumping into things in his cage. I know it is new to him but I am worried that he might be completely blind.

What do I do for a retained shed? I have a plastic shoebox with water in his tank and he won't use it. He is supposed to be a calm, nice snake but he is a bit agitated right now and I don't blame him.
I have his humidity up to about 80 right now trying to help him shed. Temp is 85 on hot side and 80 on cool.

I need help fast. What do I do for him?"

If he has a retained eye cap you shoyld use olive oil or vegetable oil (can't remeber which one. and gently rub her eyecap with a Q-Tip.

Linda Lathrop
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Camille - 7/04 Normal Ball Python
Sudan - 7/25/02 Normal Ball Python
Cree - 2000 Okeetee corn
Pauite - 7/04 Regular corn
Spirit - 7/04 Bubblegum snow corn
Spot - 1/04 Creamsicle corn
Chu'a - 7/04 Ghost corn
Edgar A Poe - 6/04 Blizzard corn