danger or safe?

[elmo]

my ball pythons right eye has a dent in it.... his eye itself is still moving and he seems fine... but the other eye is completely rounded... i am just wondering if this could be part of the shedding process or if his eye is damaged... it seems like the dent is only in the outer protective area.... but i dunno please help

[tigerlily]

That is usually caused by very dry conditions. Your best bet is to increase the humidity and make sure there is a nice big bowl of clean water available. If you get the humidity in the right range (50-60) it should clear up by the next shed if not sooner. If you have a nice plastic container try making a humid hide. Just cut a hole in it and put a damp, but not wet, paper towel in there. It's not life threatening, but you do need to address it as soon as you can. (quick go get the spray bottle! ) Hope this helps!

[frankykeno]

One of ours has a very slight dent in one eye tho since we got her recently I've no idea why it occurred tho I suspect a poor shed in her past. It doesn't seem to affect her sight at all, she definitely reacts to movement on that side and tracks her prey easily so we don't worry over it. I am going to have our vet look at it tho when Punkin goes in for sexing and a check up.


~~Jo~~

[mlededee]

sometimes bps get dents in their eyes before they shed. just raise your humidity to the 70-80% range until it sheds and everything should be fine. if it is not close to shed time then it may be caused by dehydration (now or in the past if a recent aquisition) as mentioned but as long as water is available and the correct levels (around 60% or so) are provided it should still go away with the next shed. a humid hide can help immensely as well.

[Ginevive]

Sounds like a low-humidity problem. Raise your humidity, and he should be fine.
A clean spray bottle works great; just spray the snake, spray inside of its hide spots, and things should be better. You may want to cover part of your lid with saran wrap (if it's a screen lid.)

[Lobo_Reptiles]

"Jen's (ginevive) BP Evileye has something like that. She rescued it from a bad situation and I think it was just from poor conditions. Ask her though, Evileye is doing well though."

Oops, she posted same time as me lol

[Ginevive]

Yeah, here's a pic... you can see in the first pic, the bad eye itself. The second pic, you can see his normal eye, and the bad one, for a comparison.
Sometimes it seems like he ahs trouble "seeing" the rat I am feeding him; he will only accept live prey. But it is not a humidity issue anymore; his eye is permanently like this. We rescued him from a situation in which he had some BAD retained shed and eyecaps. That stuff was easy to fix, but this is a permanent reminder of what can happen if people neglect their BPs...

lol Hades, we did post at the same time! hehe