help!

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

my milksnake shed but she still has a peice on her eye i heard this can make them blind, what should i do?

[Tori]

Try using scotch tape and barely touch it to the skin. It should pull off easily enough. I usually wrap a piece around my finger and use it that way.

Tori

[zooplan]

Thats a nice trick, Tori.
But Reed, be very carefull only to hit the old skin!
The trick with the wet bag may run as well.

[Loren]

I usually put them in really moist temporary housing- like a sterilite tub with air holes, filled with moist bedding or wet paper towels- and leave them overnight, or mist the cage really well.
I've never tried the scotch tape, but I guess it works. I'd leave it for a couple days trying high humidity first. A day or two with a stuck eyecap wont hurt him.
One of my hondurans seemed to have shedding issues, so I have started misting the cage lightly when I see she is in shed.

[drache]

I've heard about the tape trick, but never had to use it
wet-bagging usually works for me
when I wet-bag, I let the bagsit in a bowl with a small puddle of warm water at the bottom, so it doesn't dry up, and I set the bowl so it's half under a heat bulb and won't get cold, but doesn't overheat either

[Sputnik]

Using scotch tape on the eye seems a little dodgy. I'd go with the wet bag or spraying lukewarm water into the viv to increase humidity.

[tikichick]

So you just put a wet bag in the enclosure? Or do you put the snake inside a wet bag?

[adamanteus]

The idea is to put the snake in the bag. It usually works.
Having said that, I had a problem with my little female pickeringii this week..... she shed but retained the spectacles. I wet-bagged her but only one came away. I used sticky tape, wrapped sticky side out around the tip of a pencil, pressed gently against the adherent lens..... it came away easily first attempt.

[Loren]

Just remember that a wet bag- like a pillowcase- probably doesnt breathe well when its wet. Make sure they can get air. Otherwise that sounds like a good trick.

[Tori]

Scotch tape is not very strong, it will only "stick" to anything that is already loose. And you don't actually touch it to the eye, the eye caps will be sticking out from the actual skin. It is very safe.