So this episode started when I met someone who had an unexpected litterof FL easterns. I bought them wholesalefrom him and rehomed most (donated a pair to a local science class as well... the students love them!) but ended up keeping the runt. I have a 20gal with two red-sided males, so figured this tiny male wouldfit in. The original owner said it hadn’teaten much and couldn’t compete with the others, hence its stature. I figured it would be better with me as Icould hand feed it and have more experience with colubrids. I learned fairly quickly that this little guyhad serious issues finding food; hand feedings would take forever if I didn’tliterally bump the food off of his nose. I suspected visual impairment. Last week, he formed large callouses over his eyes… they looked almostlike retained eye caps, but were bubbled out like balloons. Now this happened – it looks just like the balloonedeye caps, but these are the actual eyeballs coming out of the sockets. They make me a bit queasy, so be warned:
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At this point, I have disinfected and treated the eyes as wounds, but I’m not sure what else to do. Heseems to like sun-bathing… and I believe his purpose is more to dry the area outthan for warmth (since, before now, he has not been a sunbather). Anyone with experiencewith this? I am hoping he can justsomehow lose the eyes and heal skin over the sockets… I will gladly care forthe blind little scrub. I cannot,however, bring him to a special vet for help. I have too many pets to start bringing little rescued scrubs to the ER…