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Last shed my BP had a retained eye cap even though it was a great shed. I figured I wait till her next shed and it would come off. Well she shed today, another great one except now she has retained eye caps on both eyes. I tried holding a washcloth on it but she wouldnt have it, shes pretty head shy. Is there anything else I can do to get them off aside from bring her to the vet? Thanks

Yea soak your ball for an hour in room temprature water or you can try neosporin applied 3 times in a day and they should come right off with your snake slithering through a damp towel.

Possibly check your humidity levels and make sure there in the right ranges.
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Soak her in lukewarm water for a lil while, maybe 20 minutes, then get a bit of scotch tape and gently (GENTLY) see if the scotch tape'll get it off. I have success with using some tweezers to gently lift off the eye cap, since there's almost always a leading edge that I can grab that's not on the eye itself. Word of the day here is GENTLE. If the eye cap does not come off fairly easily, with little tugging, then leave it alone for nature to take its course, and if it keeps getting worse...well you know what to do

~jenny
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scotch tape worked for me
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Joe Compel has a nice little guide on removing retained eyecaps I read just yesterday.

http://www.joecompelreptiles.com/ball_bits/retained_cap/index.asp

Brad Ratliff