Are you sure the snake has not started it's shed cycle and is too dehydrated to shed? This could lead to the snake becoming skin bound and possibly dying.



I lost a hatchling aru green tree python this year in a similar case. As soon as I got the snake and offered him water, he immediately drank...i then accidently let his water bowl dry out for 3 or 4 days and he became even more dehyrdated. He began to break the nose off of his skin, but could not shed it off, i soaked him for a day with moist paper towels in a deli cup and all appeared fine, a few days later he was again shrivlled up, i soaked him again but it was too late, he died from 1 of three causes. 1). Dehydration 2). Some sort of internal parasite or 3). Being skin bound.



I would either take your snake to a vet, or monitor him very closely and examine him to make sure his skin has not begun to break off in any place, maybe you missed the cloudy eyes...if the skin has started to come offf, esp on his nose then i would soak him and manually shed him...



Good Luck!
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