I was doing my every two week warm soak on my snakes due to 25% humidity in my house in the winter time. I noticed one of my ball pythons shed fine but the skin on his eyes stuck to the eye and didnt come off with the skin. It looks like it is peeled off alittle bit but is still dried and stuck and the other side is completely stuck. I didn't soak him yet because I wanted to make sure thats what I should do. Anyone have a good resolution or quick fix for this. I would guess it would be warm water soak.
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Dried Skin On Eye Balls
timmah
Jan 02, 2011 06:59 PM
Replies (4)
ballgraff
Jan 02, 2011 07:53 PM
Still soak him. Then, take a bit of scotch tape and wrap it around your finger(sticky side out). Lightly dab your finger on the eyecap. Lightly. It should come off no problem.
Eric
Loren_Morales
Jan 02, 2011 10:11 PM
I've done that too with good success.
I also sometimes give a warm soak and then take a pencil eraser and very gently rub the eye cap off. If it doesn't come off easily don't try to force it
FGS
Jan 03, 2011 11:38 AM
I have found that soaking isn't half as effective as a good spraying down of tap watter. I spray down my snakes a few days or so before they are going to shed.
A good idea for taking eye caps off is to spray down the snake's head with a huge amount of water then 5 five minutes later come back and spray it down again. Take a pillow case and get it soaking wet with warm water. Ring out the pillow case and place the wet snake inside of the wet pillow case. As the snake moves around inside the case the mild abrasive action between the snake's eye and the wet cloth will rub off the eye caplit.
Here is a video I have on youtube that hopefully help you from having this problem again. Remember when you soak your snakes in a tub the head and especially the eyes stay out of the water.
I hope you're all having a great season.
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Brian Gundy
www.for-goodness-snakes.com
timmah
Jan 05, 2011 04:19 PM
I soaked the snake and came back a few hours later and tried to scotch tape. It stuck to his eye and was pulling his eye so I stopped doing it, i got nothing to come off. I tried spraying him as well and putting him in a bag. Its funny because the rest of his shed was perfect, just the part around his eye ball is crazy stuck to him. any more options?
