First of all make sure that is is in fact a retained cap - (if it is it's not going to hurt him just to leave it until the next shed) - but there are other things that can make a snake look like he has a retained cap - like dehydration or if he has a propensity to rub his eye on things - either of which if you try to treat it as a retained cap you could end up really damaging the snakes eye.



For eye caps - take a warm wash cloth and try to hold the snakes head in it for a few minutes - except for really head shy balls this should not be a problem - they don't really seem to mind. After a couple of minutes - take the wash cloth and just gently rub the eye front to back a couple of times - you should see the eye cap come of at the front and then just peel right off. Then do the other eye.
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• retained eye caps... - shelley7950, Tue Mar 21 09:03:42 2006
• This would be my first choice. np - jmartin104, Tue Mar 21 09:40:55 2006
• RE: retained eye caps... - toshamc, Tue Mar 21 09:42:15 2006
• RE: retained eye caps... - shelley7950, Tue Mar 21 10:35:05 2006
• RE: retained eye caps... - Paul Hollander, Wed Mar 22 11:45:12 2006