retained eyecap on my Indigo

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Posted by Dean Goudie on November 28, 2001 at 19:56:54:

Hi Guys;

My male eastern 'Tango' just went through a shed which came off in pieces as opposed to the usual intact shed. Had him out playing with him tonight for awhile & noticed a white thing hanging out of his eye. Guess where it shows up so good against a black snake I friggin near freaked, they don't look nearly as bad on a Corn.

Anyway I moisted my thumb, sorta rubbed around his eye a little till a small shed of skin came out then I veeeeeeerrrry carefully removed it, it came off like a contact lens. My question is ; Is this common in Indigos? Did I do the right thing removing it as opposed to letting it come off on it's own? And ;How can I prevent this type of shed from happening again??

As a lot of you know I'm fairly new to Indigos so bear with all my questions ;-) I LOVE this breed of snake I can understand why people are so excited when they get one.

I also learned tonight you should not feed your Koi while sporting an Indigo around your neck, I didn't realize it until Tango lunged after my 12 inch Koi when he surfaced to feed & almost caught it too. Won't be letting THAT happen again. LOL

These guys keep you on your toes I tell ya.

Anyway any comments on the eyecap issue are more than welcome.

Thanx
Dean

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: Hi Guys; : My male eastern 'Tango' just went through a shed which came off in pieces as opposed to the usual intact shed. Had him out playing with him tonight for awhile & noticed a white thing hanging out of his eye. Guess where it shows up so good against a black snake I friggin near freaked, they don't look nearly as bad on a Corn. : Anyway I moisted my thumb, sorta rubbed around his eye a little till a small shed of skin came out then I veeeeeeerrrry carefully removed it, it came off like a contact lens. My question is ; Is this common in Indigos? Did I do the right thing removing it as opposed to letting it come off on it's own? And ;How can I prevent this type of shed from happening again?? : As a lot of you know I'm fairly new to Indigos so bear with all my questions ;-) I LOVE this breed of snake I can understand why people are so excited when they get one. : I also learned tonight you should not feed your Koi while sporting an Indigo around your neck, I didn't realize it until Tango lunged after my 12 inch Koi when he surfaced to feed & almost caught it too. Won't be letting THAT happen again. LOL : These guys keep you on your toes I tell ya. : Anyway any comments on the eyecap issue are more than welcome. : Thanx : Dean

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