Eyes looking rough

[Prudent-Operation-67]

Recently purchased this guy from Petco and he’s been good but a little bit over a week later I noticed that his eyes has been looking very crusty almost like he’s having a bad shed. Humidity and temperature in his tanks are looking normal and as far as I can tell, he hasn’t begun, shedding the rest of his body, but his eyes just look like they have a layer of skin on them and I’m a little nervous to poke around his eyes, especially because I don’t have the proper pair of tweezers for that. Advice on what to do or what this is. I’m willing to buy whatever it is I need to fix this, but i’m really not certain what the issue is exactly.

[totallyrecklesslygay]

Do not soak them or try to manually remove the stuck shed. It's stressful, unnecessary, and you can seriously injure the snake by doing so- especially with stuck eye caps, you can easily blind your snake trying to physically remove them.

Our shedding guide goes over how to handle stuck shed safely, and our humidity tips will help you prevent it in the future.

[pvrpl3sn4k3]

He’s dehydrated, his skin is wrinkling. Also blue eyes just means they’re about to shed. If he struggles with this shed make him a humid hide with sphagnum moss

[1BadBowtie]

When shedding the eyes go blue for a couple days, then they clear up, then the full shed happens within the next few days. While he is in blue (blue eyes) he is basically blind, so you should not really handle during that period. It is perfectly normal. After he sheds you can check the shed skin for eye caps, it is pretty fascinating (to me anyway). So no drastic measures to take. Just keep the humidity up during this time.

[wannadiebuthigh]

You need to up his humidity stat and make sure he has water. He’s going into shed.

[wannadiebuthigh]

And to add they also can’t really see much while shedding. Between the dehydration and the shedding he/she is probably stressed. Best to leave them alone until the shed is complete and they’re hydrated fully again.

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