MILKY SNAKE EYES AFTER SHEDDING???please help?

Question

a friends apparantly healthy carpet python has just shed it's skin (2 days ago,). now its eyes are milky again... it couldn't possibly be shedding again, the rest of the snake looks healthy and it has been feeding well... does anyone know if this is a problem or what it could be? the eyes are kinda whitey/blueish/pearly. thanks

Answer 1

could be repetitive shedding. if the snake consumed a large enough meal, it can shed 2-3 times from a single meal.
short of that, the ocular lens could still be on the snake.
How to tell? Look at the underside of the snake. Is it milky appearing, too? If so, it is repetitive shedding. If not, the ocular lens is still over the eye.
If this is the case, keep the snake misted with clean, fresh water. It will remove the lens itself.
DO NOT try to remove them yourself.

Answer 2

As already said it Does sound like the snake isn't done Shedding. Do the scales around the snakes head seem to be still peeling? If not then the snake may just have problems getting the skin off of its eyes. Try using mineral oil when you notice the snake is beginning the shedding cycle to help lubricate the skin and help in the process, paying special attention to the head and eye area....
. Alternatively, the scales may have to be removed with tweezers, but only by someone who has done that before, a vet perhaps!

Answer 3

I agree with what another poster has said - look at the shed skin and see if the eye cap scales are in the shed.

When my snakes have an incomplete shed, I'll tie them up in a damp pillowcase overnight. Sometimes that's enough to get the skin that's left off.

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Answer 4

Never quite finished shedding. Give it a few days yet, mist his cage with water to step up the humidity. then consult its vet if it persists. We know about reptiles in q and a, and can answer most answers but we are a poor substitute to maintain YOUR pets health. If I have questions I will ask them, but questions about unhealthy pets should be directed to their vets. By the time you get a good answer, it could be too late and then you are burying your beloved pet. But your problem is just not finished shedding, no immediate danger. My ball python sometimes has a little skin left on face occasionaly, I usually wipe it off with a damp towel. Never peel, because the skin may not be ready to come off yet and can injure your reptile by exposing their flesh.

Answer 5

do you have the shed skin? look at it to see if it has the eye caps on it then you will know for sure if it retained them. if it is retained then you can put the snake in a damp pillow case over night to help losen the caps this will not hurt him good luck.

Answer 6

the only thing i can think of that is that coloring is the covering over the eye when it is getting ready to shed. other than that i would strongly advise getting it to the vet who is able to care for snakes and see what they say.

Answer 7

its milky because the scale on its eye is not yet out or its not yet done(the process of shedding).but check first i might be wrong m still young.

Answer 8

My friend Fred from Normandy had milky eyes...but all joking aside it will clean in a week or so

Answer 9

Could be he did'nt shed his eye caps. could be a problem. I say to take him to you'r vet. if that is the problem they can give you an ointment to put on his eyes till the caps are soft enough to come off.

Answer 10

just keep up the hummidity and you wont have to do any of the things that were just said.. its probrably a retianed eye cap but that will fix it self as long as you fix the husbantry.. up the hummidity and he should be able to take care of it himself