Yasin,
Excessive soaking will cause blisters, especially in young greens. You took a good first step by removing the large water source. I would recommend that you keep him on newspaper substrate for now, with a good dark hide, and use a very small water bowl that he in no way is able to get into. It needs to be small enough that he cannot even get a portion of his body into so as to prevent spillage. Most will not, but if he continues to spill even the smaller bowl, you may have to offer water only two days per week. The substrate must remain dry for now. After a few sheds the blisters will disappear as long as you keep him dry to avoid further complications from infection. If he has trouble shedding in these drier cage conditions, it will not hurt to soak him in a container of water with a lid for a few hours to help remove it before returning him to the dry cage.

Make sure the substrate temps stay in the mid 80’s with an upper 80’s warm spot. Be sure to measure temps of the substrate. The problem with large water bowls is that they can very easily become too cool, and water is very good at transferring heat out of an object like a snake. Watch him closely to see that he doesn’t develop a respiratory infection, as you made a comment about his breathing.

Greens are very unusual in that some of them have very strange patterns of eye cloudiness before and after shedding events. Some will go opaque, clear, and then cloud again before a shed. Others will cloud, and then stay opaque during the shed and for several days afterwards. I don’t know the reasons behind this, but I have seen it on a number of occasions. Let us know how it goes with him.

Kelly

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