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at least Snake Eye... I noticed this a week ago on my male polyzona right after a shed... it looks as if it didn't quite shed it's eye cap, a little piece still seems to be remaining... does it look like that to any of you you... any suggestions? I've dealt with an eye cap before but this one so far has resisted the treatment I used before.

Gerry

P.S.... and a rather long p.s... while uploading my photo I noticed a few uploads by Jeff Hardwick... one of which is this little gem... Cole with a Badger

While there are no badgers here in Maine we do have another member of the weasel family known as the Fisher... it doesn't have quite as nasty a reputation as the badger... but I'd rather be smiling at a Black Bear from two feet away as opposed to a Fisher at the same distance... when this photo was originally posted all I could think was "a mistake waiting to happen"... are you insane Cole?

Gerry,.......what seems to work real well for me is I put a big dab of mineral oil(baby oil) on my finger and dab it all on the eye real well and letting the gravity draw it all around the egde of the occular lens (brille). This thin oil soaks in better than others and lubricates it while not drying out fast like water would. After several hours of letting it soak in some, it should slide or pull off very easily with tweezers, etc...

ps, I think Cole wanted a face make-over that day!..

~Doug
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Ha Gerry, this really is an eye post, you have your eye cap polyzona problem, and then you post a photo of Hardwicks brown eye shot.

I was on that badger trip and can assure you that no person or animals were injured while taking photos of said badger.
The badger was indeed mad and musking us much like a skunk would do. My camera smelled for weeks after this incident. But it really was a treat to see a badger this up close and personal.

Jeff Hardwick after a day of trout fishing eating the trout he caught that day. If I remember right we had seen the badger the day before.

Pale milk, Carbon co. MT

All for now. -Dell

Dell and Cole---going to face to face, or tail to face, with a Badger? Are you crazy!!! Repeat after me, (not around the kids), "I Sofa King We Todd Did". LOL. Those things are bad arse man.

Joe

Gerry,

Any progress to report on the polyzona?

The badger was something else, man! What a cool critter. I've seen quite a few of them, but never had one cornered well enough to get the "full experience", so to speak. What an incredibly foul musk they have. I'd describe it as skunk-like, but less "sweet" smelling, with the "sweet" being replaced by a gagging sour smell. He put on a pretty spectacular display, too - stomping his feet, hissing, growling. There was no leaving that culvert, though. He was safe and knew it! Needless to say, we were a lot more concerned with odor than we were with the animal attacking.
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The poly is fine, dampened up a small towel with warm water... put the snake in (wrapped up snugly) for about 10 minutes... and the piece of eye cap was gone.

In your place... I'd probably have been the first one to stick my head and camera into that pipe as well... but just sitting here at the 'puter looking at the pics all I can think is... there's a mistake waiting to happen. I've only encountered fishers 4 times in my life and gave them all the room they wanted each time... there's something about the way they move and look at you... you just know it's not a good idea to upset it!

Gerry