I have a california king snake that is about 20" long and a little over a year old. She eats two small fuzzies a week and sheds about once a month. Sometimes, her eyes will have a piece of shed on them. This is not before or after she sheds, just at random times. What is this and what does it mean? Thank you in advance.
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Shed over the eyes
surfdude660
Jan 26, 2004 03:49 PM
Replies (2)
meretseger
Jan 26, 2004 07:10 PM
Do you have any way to post a pic? Or can you describe it in a bit more detail? It kind of sound like something one of my sand boas has.
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Alexander Skutch
agalinis
Jan 27, 2004 11:50 AM
It sounds like some left over skin from a shed to me; are you sure what you're seeing is external and not within the eye itself? Are you using a substrate like aspen that may appear to be skin (I've seen this before)?
If it's a piece of skin still attached, I'd recommend using some light weight cellophane tape and putting a small strip across the eye to gently remove it; using forceps or something else is tricky anyway but even more so with a small snake.
-John
