Slow eye recovery

[guidofatherof5]

Many months ago I made a post about a male radix that was found on our back deck. He was easy to catch since I stayed on his right side. He never saw me coming. We call him Patch.
Since then I've been working very gently with his bad eye. In addition to the eye problem he also has some damage to his right supra-oculair and frontal head scales. For some reason they have turned black in color.
As you can see from the second photo the eye is cleaning up nicely. I think I've done all I can do for Patch. I hope to get an eye specialist to donate some additional work needed.
I still believe he is retaining some old eye caps that will need to be surgically removed. He is a great male and worthy of the investment. He was on our deck and didn't mind being caught. I think he heard about or free medical services. There's another benefit for this male, he has a beautiful pattern and will be joining the Stud Services Division of the Ranch. I'll get my money out of him


Here's what the head injury looks like.

[Charis]

Those two pics are of the same eye? Looking really good! Talked to my vet again about Tikki's eye problem & she said it could take a year or more for her eye to shrink down, so apparently most eye issues take quite a while to resolve. So it looks like he still has the use of that eye? Was it just a lot of retained eye caps? I hope your vet can fix the rest of it!

[guidofatherof5]

Was it just a lot of retained eye caps? I hope your vet can fix the rest of it!

Yes, sort of. I think the eye problem was caused by the injury to the head scales. I'm thinking a burn from heat or possibly a chemical burn.

Here's a couple photos of this handsome male green phase(my favorite radix color) T.radix.

[Snakers]

nice WORK!

[Charis]

Yes, that does look like some kind of chemical burn. Wonder what he got into? It looks pretty localized, is he burned anywhere else, or just around that eye? He is a very handsome boy.

[guidofatherof5]

Yes, that does look like some kind of chemical burn. Wonder what he got into? It looks pretty localized, is he burned anywhere else, or just around that eye? He is a very handsome boy.

That's the only blemish on his body.

[ConcinusMan]

First thing I thought when I saw that is that somehow he got burned. If it is a chemical burn, black would indicate some sort of caustic chemical such as sodium hydroxide. Poor guy. I'd hate to think that somebody might have intentionally injured him.

[guidofatherof5]

First thing I thought when I saw that is that somehow he got burned. If it is a chemical burn, black would indicate some sort of caustic chemical such as sodium hydroxide. Poor guy. I'd hate to think that somebody might have intentionally injured him.

My first thought was gasoline. I'm not sure that would cause such a reaction to the skin.
In any event, he is safe and out of harms way.

[commongartersnake]

Very nice you took care of that very nicely, make sure to have to vet on speed dial just in case you get another problem with that eye I think it should be fine but just in case, the pattern on that snake is very nice.

[jitami]

That's amazing, Steve. Can I ask what you've been doing to treat his eye/head? I would have thought that eye was a gonner.