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Just curioius if anybody has ever experienced this in any of their snakes before. The eye seems to be swelling up more and more each day. What is this? Any way to fix it? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Dewey

Well I can't get your pic to load, but:

1) Best thing is to get yours seen by a reptile vet. Could be a number of things including an injury or an infection, which might be life-threatening if left unreated.

2) Don't know if it's the same, but I have a Corn with an eye that swells regularly. First came up when it was three days old. Vet said that the eye scale is missing the duct that would normally drain off excess fluid, so it builds up in front of the eye until the snake sheds. Vet surgically removed the whole eye scale when the snake was around 18 months old in the hope that it would grow back correctly - it didn't. As the snake was eating and behaving normally and showing no signs of stress (other than reticence associated with being effectively blind in one eye), the vet refused to euthanase her. I still have her five years later.

3) Yes, I am a soft touch!

Right, I can see the pic now. It does look a bit like mine, but alarm bells are ringing that the fluid in the swelling seems to be milky or coloured in some way?

I was told by my vet that if the fluid is anything other than clear, then it indicates an infection. In a site so near the brain this needs immediate vetrinary attention.

Book that appointment and let us know the verdict. Good luck.

Ew. Take that snake to a vet, ASAP.
-Kat
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