Eyecap removal, should I wait ?

[Gomjaba]

My little guy hasn't shed for a while and it seems he is due now.
I cleaned his viv today and I found him like this :



Unless he ate his skin I am pretty sure he hasn't shed yet (considering the loose skin on his nose).

Should I wait with the removal of the eyecap until he shed or should this be done asap ?

Also, my other cali king is in the blue for four days and lost his milky eyes two days ago and still sits still in his hide without moving .. anything to worry about ?

[Brett]

id give it another day to see if it sheds althought my king snake did eat 1 of his sheds before and the 1 lieing still in its hide will be ok

[Jczreptiles]

If you are sure he has not shed then this could be the start of it so I would leave it, if he sheds and it does not come off the sooner you deal with it the better it will be.

[Gomjaba]

Originally Posted by bretts balls

id give it another day to see if it sheds althought my king snake did eat 1 of his sheds before and the 1 lieing still in its hide will be ok

Originally Posted by Jczreptiles

If you are sure he has not shed then this could be the start of it so I would leave it, if he sheds and it does not come off the sooner you deal with it the better it will be.

Well his nose looks very "unshed" and his scales feel loose too .. Mmm... guess I wait a bit and see what happens.

Mind you, I never removed eyecaps before ( I did read the sticky tho ) and he is quite young ....

[Jczreptiles]

Originally Posted by Gomjaba

My little guy hasn't shed for a while and it seems he is due now.
I cleaned his viv today and I found him like this :

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Unless he ate his skin I am pretty sure he hasn't shed yet (considering the loose skin on his nose).

Should I wait with the removal of the eyecap until he shed or should this be done asap ?

Also, my other cali king is in the blue for four days and lost his milky eyes two days ago and still sits still in his hide without moving .. anything to worry about ?

Shedding is very stressfull for snakes, he is just staying where he feels safe.

[bladeblaster]

looks liek he is just about ready to shed, just leave him be until he does.

[Brett]

Originally Posted by Gomjaba

Well his nose looks very "unshed" and his scales feel loose too .. Mmm... guess I wait a bit and see what happens.

Mind you, I never removed eyecaps before ( I did read the sticky tho ) and he is quite young ....

yeh i recon he will shed tonight then or some timevery soon

[Gomjaba]

Originally Posted by bretts balls

yeh i recon he will shed tonight then or some timevery soon

He did eat Satruday though where my cali doesn't eat for at least two weeks prior shedding ... Guess its the temper of mexican blacks He surely is a agressive eater ...

[Gomjaba]

wow .. took that little guy almost two weeks to shed.
He was in the blue with clowdy eyes for almost a week but finally got it done today ..

[Malc]

Glad to hear it's sorted. If you have any issues with retained eyecaps, the sticky above works well. I used it on a Royal with three retained caps, when he shed on Friday night all three caps came off