Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Ball python has layers of eye caps and nothing is working to remove them!?
We recently got a ball python from a friend. We dont have prior snake experience. But I thoroughly researched EVERYTHING possible about these little guys before bringing her home. Straight away we noticed the retained eye caps, there are quite possibly 3 + sheds worth on there, layers of eye caps her vision is extremely limited. we have tried EVERYTHING, from soaking, gentle q-tips and once we even broke down and gently tried the tape method with no success. She has been to the vet TWICE and they are still on there. She has been given antibiotic eye drops, we clean her eyes multiple times a day, and I am just sick over it. one of her eyes is mostly cleared up but the other is still absolutely terrible. Surprisingly , for the 4 weeks we have had her she has eaten like clockwork , so far no problems eating. so I feel good about that. . I wish we could get this fixed for her. Right now she is burrowed in her hide for 3 days smack dab in the middle of a shed, so we are leaving her completely alone hoping for a great shed. This will be her a first with us, previous owner says when she shed it was a million pieces, so I am closely monitoring temps/ humidity, and she has plenty of fresh water, and a humid hide available that she is not using. I am just praying that her eyes clear up after this shed, but if not.. what on earth can be done? My partner and I are still so new to snakes ( her being our first reptile) that we are still a bundle of nerves while holding her head and cleaning her little eyes, we are not educated enough to try too much because we do not want to do more harm than good. Please someone help. All the websites say the same thing.. Soak her, weve done it... her vet even put her on a 24 hour soak and still no results. weve tried warm baths, she has beyond everything she could need and the humidity is a steady 70% right now. any helpful advice would be greatly appreciated.
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