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tiki240
12-13-05, 02:21 AM
Sorry didnt mean to scare yall. no huge tradgedy here. HOWEVER. ahead of schedule, ive inherited a 1.5 yr old 3ft BP. hes busy crawling around his 20 long ( i know he needs a bigger setup, It was short notice and ill need a few days to peice together and setup a new one in a 30 long). anyways, the real question, his eyes seem a bit cloudy. err. maybe dry? I know a pic would help but i lack a camera at the moment. I was thinking maybe just some leftover eyecaps from his last shed? hes only been here about 6 hours. hot side temp is 89F cool side is 80F. has fresh water. damp towel over 75% of the top screen and of course the obligatory heavy weights to keep this mini-hercules in his cage. also has some dry skin on his snout. his vents are clear tho, and isnt stargazing or acting particularly strange. tounge flicks about actively, no i havent handled him other than to place him in the cage. previous owner needed him out because she was preggo and getting ready to have a baby and of all the other boids, his container was the one chosen to be ousted. owner seemed very knowledgeable and snake doesnt show any burns.. I guess i need to get yall pics, but im not tryin to handle him till he's settled. the dry skin either looks like shed that hasnt been moved or a small scab maybe? and does anyone have pics of a snake with eyecaps that havent fallen off yet? they arent opaque but rather black and you can only tell theres a texture if he tilts his head towards the light. should i just leave him be for a few days to get comfy then give him a warm soak and let him slither through a towell before letting him get into his soon to be replaced cage and feeding him? (its been about two weeks since he last ate a rat so im assuming he'll be wanting to scarf his lil heart out soon hopefully). but he has been known to be a picky eater... anyways, thanks for the advice!

Edmond Y
12-14-05, 06:14 PM
Don't worry brother, Let her spend sometime on her own and give her a nice hide box, rise up the temp at the warm at about 90-92F, Mist the tank a bit for more comfortable. Seems she will go shed very soon as you found her eye get cloudy. As everyone will suggest do not feed her and is a very good idea. Even she has eye cap remind not off from the last shed and is not the end of the world, it will come off at next shed.

Edmond

peterm15
12-14-05, 06:34 PM
it MAY be eye caps.. but they way your explaining it doesnt seem like it.. there not as cloudy as youd expact eyecaps to be and you can only see the foggieness when he is in the right light.. this is your first ball right..

i thought the sam thing when i picked up my adult female.. her eyes seemed cloudy in the right light and i couldnt figure out why.. there not pitch black like a corn or something.. either way if im getting at the samething that your thinkin then its nothing to worry about.. its not eyecaps.. and theres no problems.. my girl has been like that since day one....

in pictures and even at first glance balls eyes seem to be BLACK.. but when you take a really close look they have a... well... cloudyness to them.. i thought my girl was blind.. because it didnt change after the first she had with me.... but shes not.. and theres nothing to worry about..

it would still be a good idea to treat them as eyecaps for not and bump humidity and stuff but from your explaination i dont think they are.. youll know for sure after she sheds...