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guidofatherof5
08-13-2011, 08:05 AM
This is Riverton. He's the wild caught Iowa male Plains Garter snake(T.radix) I purchased last year.
About a week ago I was feeding his group. I had given him a night crawler and he and all but finished it when a cage mate bolted toward him and attempted to grab the small piece of worm that was hanging out of his mouth.
Inadvertently his eye was struck and it ruptured.
He seems to be doing well with it and I'm hoping over time it will repair itself.
http://i1113.photobucket.com/albums/k501/guidofatherof5/eyeinjury.jpg
RedSidedSPR
08-13-2011, 08:13 AM
Ouch, hope it heals up ok...

He's a cool looking snake.
kibakiba
08-13-2011, 08:19 AM
Awww poor Riverton! Give him a little neck rub for me :D
Mrs N1ntndo
08-13-2011, 01:14 PM
Aww poor baby. I hope he gets better soon. How did it hit the eye.
d_virginiana
08-13-2011, 01:39 PM
Oww... Hope that heals up alright.
guidofatherof5
08-13-2011, 02:07 PM
Aww poor baby. I hope he gets better soon. How did it hit the eye.

Probably a tooth and poor aim:D
katach
08-13-2011, 04:54 PM
Hope he recovers soon!
i_heart_sneakie_snakes
08-13-2011, 11:56 PM
Oh No, poor little fellow. I am sending healing thought his way :)
Mrs N1ntndo
08-29-2011, 10:48 PM
hows ur snake doing with the hurt eye
ConcinusMan
08-29-2011, 11:11 PM
Doesn't look too serious as long as doesn't get infected which is a distinct possibility now that the fluid under the eye cap has been compromised.

I thought it would be a good time to point out that the eye cap is really just a transparent scale. Under that scale, the eyeball itself sits in a capsule of fluid and the eye can move under that cap within the fluid. The fluid comes from a tear duct just like with our eyes, and it drains through another duct. Sometimes the fluid under the eye cap for whatever reason, can become infected. Sometimes the drain duct will plug, causing the eye cap to swell up and the fluid to become cloudy with bacteria. If it isn't drained and the infection cleared up, then the eye itself can suffer irreversible damage.

Like you said, the eye scale was ruptured and fluid was lost but to me it seems that there is no serious damage to the eye itself. Kept from infection, in time, the eye cap will heal (although it might always be "caved in") enough to hold fluid and keep out bacteria.

I think he's going to be OK. It's been a little while. How does it look now?
d_virginiana
08-30-2011, 10:28 AM
I'd forgotten about this! I'm curious to hear about him too.
guidofatherof5
08-30-2011, 10:56 AM
No change in the eye at this point.
Watching for the next shed to see where he's at.
ConcinusMan
08-30-2011, 11:03 AM
No change is good. No fluid or blood buildup, or cloudiness is a good sign.