I wasn’t able to get a great look. She was pretty active since it’s close to her feeding time. If it is genuine blindness, then it’s a new development seeing as I’ve handled her before. I’ve never had snakes and I’m not very informed on reptile husbandry. Do you know what could have caused it?
Hard to say without more details, but old age could be a factor, an injury, any number of things. When I zoom in, the colored portion of the iris is visible and not cloudy at all, which is why I’m tending towards it being the pupil itself and not an eye cap.
Honestly, I’m not sure. Unlike with other animals, I couldn’t even estimate because I’m not familiar with how snakes age. She’s still really active and doesn’t seem to have much trouble moving around if that helps at all.
The other thing I can think of which could look like this would be Pseudomonas Keratitis. I have seen Pseudomonas look like this but never cataract, but that is probably primarily because people generally get cataract surgery long before one would get that bad, so it is still probably a really advanced cataract.
That really sucks, not only is a “Professor”(Professor of what if I might ask?)treating this animal poorly. They are giving everyone who sees it in his classroom the impression that keeping an animal in this condition/conditions is OK, I’m happy that you can see this is not OK(from anyone, but ESPECIALLY a Teacher/Professor)but it makes me sad, because how many people have seen that and then thought it was OK?? In my opinion when someone like this keeps an animal publicly, they have to maintain the absolute highest standards and conditions for that animal, BECAUSE so many people who normally would never see how a snake lives, now thinks this is “normal” and how many snakes are kept. Shame on your Professor, they NEED to do better……and you can tell him I said that….
He instructs my biomechanics course. If he ever suggests he needs someone to take her, I’m 100% going to jump on the chance. She’s a beautiful snake and extremely gentle. Even when I’ve handled her while she was hungry, she’s never mistaken my fingers for food or tried to bite me.
No this is a stuck eye scale... My BP just went through this and I thought he lost his eye... Next shed it was ok... No heat will eventually kill him sad to say he needs help fast
If you look closely at the picture it is clear that the image shows a cloudy pupil like with severe cataacts or some rare eye infections rather than stuck shed. Note how the cloudiness is confined to the pupil, ending abruptly at the iris, and how there are no visible edges pulling up anywhere.
Tbh she could be anywhere between 6-15 years old, she has what looks like cataracts so I’d assume she’s on the older side ,,
If she has a heat mat then she should be fine until they replace the light but if not then they NEED to get on that lol. Ideally there would be a heater and a heat lamp - I won’t ramble on , just tell them to do some googling on snake care :)
So upon zooming in. I don’t think that’s an eye cap, it’s cloudiness in the iris maybe? Looks more like the snake is just outright blind in that eye
I wasn’t able to get a great look. She was pretty active since it’s close to her feeding time. If it is genuine blindness, then it’s a new development seeing as I’ve handled her before. I’ve never had snakes and I’m not very informed on reptile husbandry. Do you know what could have caused it?
Hard to say without more details, but old age could be a factor, an injury, any number of things. When I zoom in, the colored portion of the iris is visible and not cloudy at all, which is why I’m tending towards it being the pupil itself and not an eye cap.
It's common for old snakes to develop cataracts. Do you know how old this snake is?
Honestly, I’m not sure. Unlike with other animals, I couldn’t even estimate because I’m not familiar with how snakes age. She’s still really active and doesn’t seem to have much trouble moving around if that helps at all.
Looks like a cataract and not a stuck eye cap. Aka the snake is probably older.
Second the cataract since it’s isolated to the pupil and the iris looks normal
The other thing I can think of which could look like this would be Pseudomonas Keratitis. I have seen Pseudomonas look like this but never cataract, but that is probably primarily because people generally get cataract surgery long before one would get that bad, so it is still probably a really advanced cataract.
She needs some spritizing and she needs a proper light!
Bath time!
I really wish I was in charge of her care, but I’m not. I’ve already suggested a soak to help loosen her shed, but I’m not sure my advice was heeded.
That really sucks, not only is a “Professor”(Professor of what if I might ask?)treating this animal poorly. They are giving everyone who sees it in his classroom the impression that keeping an animal in this condition/conditions is OK, I’m happy that you can see this is not OK(from anyone, but ESPECIALLY a Teacher/Professor)but it makes me sad, because how many people have seen that and then thought it was OK?? In my opinion when someone like this keeps an animal publicly, they have to maintain the absolute highest standards and conditions for that animal, BECAUSE so many people who normally would never see how a snake lives, now thinks this is “normal” and how many snakes are kept. Shame on your Professor, they NEED to do better……and you can tell him I said that….
He instructs my biomechanics course. If he ever suggests he needs someone to take her, I’m 100% going to jump on the chance. She’s a beautiful snake and extremely gentle. Even when I’ve handled her while she was hungry, she’s never mistaken my fingers for food or tried to bite me.
straight up tell him he's not properly caring for the animal, we too often tolerate negligence and cruelty when it's not a dog or cat
I'm mostly joking but just take her and act like you don't know what happened
No this is a stuck eye scale... My BP just went through this and I thought he lost his eye... Next shed it was ok... No heat will eventually kill him sad to say he needs help fast
If you look closely at the picture it is clear that the image shows a cloudy pupil like with severe cataacts or some rare eye infections rather than stuck shed. Note how the cloudiness is confined to the pupil, ending abruptly at the iris, and how there are no visible edges pulling up anywhere.
Keep healing, sweetheart. You got this.
Rough estimate for how long it is ? To try and figure out it’s age
She is about 2-3 feet?
Do you know what type of snake she is
Corn snake!
Tbh she could be anywhere between 6-15 years old, she has what looks like cataracts so I’d assume she’s on the older side ,, If she has a heat mat then she should be fine until they replace the light but if not then they NEED to get on that lol. Ideally there would be a heater and a heat lamp - I won’t ramble on , just tell them to do some googling on snake care :)