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I'm babysitting a ball python a friend of mine bought his daughter for christmas. When I got him his skin was in pieces. I've gotten all of it off except the eye caps. Poor thing can't see a thing. Should I try to remove them or just wait until the next shed? Thanks, Jim
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Might try one of the ideas below under "Help, please!"
I'm pretty sure you don't want to let those eye caps stay on too long. A broken tail tip is one thing...blindness sucks!
Duffy

Ball pythons are notorius for retaining eyecaps.Like marcel posted below.I use a wet pillowcase and i put the snake in it overnight and i make sure the enclosure stays warm.If it hasnt come off by morning you can try to lightly peel it off with your fingernail.As a last resort i use scotch tape to remove it.You have to be careful either way or you can injure your snakes eye.If you cant get it take it to a vet...Paul.

We've had excellent luck several times with using a small piece of masking tape to get them off.