I have noticed that my borneo blood's eyes are wrinkled and I thought it because of the humidity so I mist her tank more often. And after she shed, she still has it. Is there anything I can do about this?
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My blood's eyes
darkserpent213
Dec 14, 2003 04:46 AM
Replies (9)
jordanm
Dec 14, 2003 02:02 PM
My big one has this too. His humidity is fine, and its always like this. It has never caused a problem tho. Anyone else know? I've wondered about this too.
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior
fishkiller
Dec 14, 2003 02:30 PM
humidity is fine, she soaks herself regulary so, don't know whats up.I thought is was retained eye lids but it's not.
jordanm
Dec 14, 2003 02:35 PM
Just like humans, a distorted shape of the eyeball? Just taking a wild stab here.
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior
wideglide
Dec 14, 2003 10:48 PM
>>I have noticed that my borneo blood's eyes are wrinkled and I thought it because of the humidity so I mist her tank more often. And after she shed, she still has it. Is there anything I can do about this?
I've been doing some research on them and Kara from NERD mentioned this type of situation. She indicated the usual reaction to wrinkled scales is to up the humidity because the keeper thinks it's not high enough. She said this is not the right thing to do. She indicated upping the humidity too high can be worse than too low.
This particular thing isn't mentioned on NERD's care sheet but here's a link to it.
link
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Rob
Jordanm
Dec 15, 2003 12:52 AM
Were talking about wrinkled eyes, not scales. What you said concurs with our thoughts that its not caused by humidity however.
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"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior
wideglide
Dec 15, 2003 07:02 AM
>>Were talking about wrinkled eyes, not scales. What you said concurs with our thoughts that its not caused by humidity however.
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>>"It's my snake, I trained it, so I'm going to eat it!" - Mad Max, The Road Warrior
material it's made up with? Isn't it the eyecap that was wrinkled or the actual eye?
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Rob
darkserpent213
Dec 15, 2003 05:04 PM
It's the eyecap that is dented/wrinkled on both eyes. I just want to make sure this doesn't cause any major issues like blindness or loss of the eye itself.
wideglide
Dec 16, 2003 07:03 AM
>>It's the eyecap that is dented/wrinkled on both eyes. I just want to make sure this doesn't cause any major issues like blindness or loss of the eye itself.
like I posted earlier I'm new to bloods but have done a lot of research. I'm only repeating what I've considered to be reputable advice to try and help out and most things I have read indicate too high humidity can cause major problems and, often misinterpreted, wrinkled scales is not necessarily an indication you should raise it.
I hope everything turns out ok.
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Rob
Joshlarue
Dec 15, 2003 09:58 AM
My male borneo had this same problem. I had to keep the humidity at a higher percentage, but it didn't shed out in one shed. After shedding twice his eyes looked normal again. I would suggest keeping the humidity up at least until he sheds again. Or try soaking him once or twice a week in warm water.
