My snake has cataracts!

Jake Dubz · 10-04-2007, 10:06 AM

Yea, checked out my boi today, and his eyes are glazed with a light hazy blue, is he just getting ready to shed??? his scales are starting to look kinda.... inconsistant- they dont' have the same luster all the way down his back... i've never had/seen a snake shed so this is all new to me... hopefully this is what it is

drache · 10-04-2007, 11:07 AM

very likely that's what it is
I'd say a better thatn 99.9% likelihood

Charlet_2007 · 10-04-2007, 11:21 AM

yap hes about to shed.... This time always makes me nervous, if I know about it lol ... sometimes I know there due for a shed and I don't even know they have shed until I find the shed later in their substrate...

ssssnakeluvr · 10-04-2007, 11:25 AM

thats the normal process for a shed. the snakes eyes will clear up and about 2 days later will shed.

Jake Dubz · 10-04-2007, 01:54 PM

NICE!!!

Thanx for the info guys, i kinda figured that was it... How often do they shed, once a year- or as needed for their growth??? either way i'm really pumped up to see his new skin

BTW my buddy has some peeling belly scales in the last couple weeks- how do u think this will affect his shed??? it probably just won't be in one piece, correct?

Charlet_2007 · 10-04-2007, 02:09 PM

if its a complete shed you know you got the temps right in his cage.. if it sheds off peices the temps not right.. some times the shed will come off by its self if not sometime you have to help them.. its like having a peeling sun burn.. only no burn.. you wont know if its going to be a complete shed till it does shed.. but it best just to leave him alone till it does..

RZL36 · 10-04-2007, 05:26 PM

Dubz, I dare you to smell the shed once it happens.

Charlet_2007 · 10-04-2007, 05:52 PM

whats with smelling the shed here?

RZL36 · 10-04-2007, 06:02 PM

It's just something I've been pushing. Waiting for some results. No takers yet.

adamanteus · 10-04-2007, 06:16 PM

The shed skin just smells vaguely of fish.

10-04-2007, 10:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Jake Dubz Never shed Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 37	My snake has cataracts! Yea, checked out my boi today, and his eyes are glazed with a light hazy blue, is he just getting ready to shed??? his scales are starting to look kinda.... inconsistant- they dont' have the same luster all the way down his back... i've never had/seen a snake shed so this is all new to me... hopefully this is what it is

10-04-2007, 11:07 AM	#2 (permalink)
drache Ophiuchus rhea Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 4,839	Re: My snake has cataracts! very likely that's what it is I'd say a better thatn 99.9% likelihood __________________ rhea "Life is just one damn thing after another." Mark Twain

10-04-2007, 11:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
Charlet_2007 Adult snake Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 664	Re: My snake has cataracts! yap hes about to shed.... This time always makes me nervous, if I know about it lol ... sometimes I know there due for a shed and I don't even know they have shed until I find the shed later in their substrate... __________________ Thanks, ~Natalie Beacom~ Phone# 417-676-0305 www.noahsarcreptilerescue.webs.com http://dragcave.net/image/ZI9q.gif

10-04-2007, 11:25 AM	#4 (permalink)
ssssnakeluvr "PM Boots For Custom Title" Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Salt Lake City, Utah Posts: 2,415	Re: My snake has cataracts! thats the normal process for a shed. the snakes eyes will clear up and about 2 days later will shed. __________________ Don www.donsgartersnakes.net

10-04-2007, 01:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jake Dubz Never shed Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 37	Re: My snake has cataracts! NICE!!! Thanx for the info guys, i kinda figured that was it... How often do they shed, once a year- or as needed for their growth??? either way i'm really pumped up to see his new skin BTW my buddy has some peeling belly scales in the last couple weeks- how do u think this will affect his shed??? it probably just won't be in one piece, correct?

10-04-2007, 02:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
Charlet_2007 Adult snake Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 664	Re: My snake has cataracts! if its a complete shed you know you got the temps right in his cage.. if it sheds off peices the temps not right.. some times the shed will come off by its self if not sometime you have to help them.. its like having a peeling sun burn.. only no burn.. you wont know if its going to be a complete shed till it does shed.. but it best just to leave him alone till it does.. __________________ Thanks, ~Natalie Beacom~ Phone# 417-676-0305 www.noahsarcreptilerescue.webs.com http://dragcave.net/image/ZI9q.gif

10-04-2007, 05:26 PM	#7 (permalink)
RZL36 Subadult snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Shores of Jersey Posts: 331	Re: My snake has cataracts! Dubz, I dare you to smell the shed once it happens. __________________ Rich

10-04-2007, 05:52 PM	#8 (permalink)
Charlet_2007 Adult snake Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 664	Re: My snake has cataracts! whats with smelling the shed here? __________________ Thanks, ~Natalie Beacom~ Phone# 417-676-0305 www.noahsarcreptilerescue.webs.com http://dragcave.net/image/ZI9q.gif

10-04-2007, 06:02 PM	#9 (permalink)
RZL36 Subadult snake Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Shores of Jersey Posts: 331	Re: My snake has cataracts! It's just something I've been pushing. Waiting for some results. No takers yet. __________________ Rich

10-04-2007, 06:16 PM	#10 (permalink)
adamanteus Moderator Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Cheshire. (Near Manchester). Posts: 9,056	Re: My snake has cataracts! The shed skin just smells vaguely of fish. __________________ James.

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