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Diadem Rat eye issue followup

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Posted by: monklet at Tue Oct 6 12:52:28 2009   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by monklet ]  
   

Thought I should do a followup on my recent post (forums.kingsnake.com/view.php?id=1737757,1737757 about the stuck-shed/mites eye cup issue now that she has shed. I took the advice from Doug (DMong) and others to swab with mineral oil after clearing prior to shed and her shed came off perfectly. Note I never saw any direct evidence of mite infestation. The eyes are almost perfect now with just the slightest white area at the bottom which may just be normal and if not will probably just take one more shed. I could not detect a second, old eye cup in the shed but there did appear to be some pathology associated with it as in the diagram below.











My crummy diagram of the shed eye cup to show the rough, stalk-like skin around the eye cup. Mite damage perhaps? Any ideas?


   

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