Quick Shedding Question

[Ryachanira]

It is cute how they know when they are being helped out. They are pretty affectionate little guys, I would have never guessed before having Silv!

One more question (I know, I say that now and I am sure I will be back with another soon enough, haha). One of his eyes looks... dented.



You can see near the top front, there appears to be a dent in the eye... which is very odd. I checked his head-shed again, and there are definitely two complete eyecaps there (like little contacts!), interestingly enough the shed seems to show the same dent:



However I have not noticed this dent until today, and even then I don't think I noticed it early this morning. I did poke at the shed eyecap to make sure the area was completely shed, and it appears to me that it is an entire solid eyecap. So.. what happened to his eye? You can also see the scab on his shed, and the fresh bald area on his head from his old head injury.

And just for fun, here are a couple of pictures of him today, post-shed:





His colors seem so vibrant right now! He has grown maybe 2 inches since we got him (it is hard to get a perfect reading since he will not stay straight). He is about 14.5 inches as of today!

Let me know if that eye is something I should be concerned about. I know I have said it several times on here, but again thank you all so much for your help these (almost) seven weeks, I am not sure Silv would have made it without you all!

[ConcinusMan]

It was quite obvious from the first photos of him you posted, that one eye is damaged beyond repair. I think what has happened here is that the eyeball it'self has shriveled up, leaving the clear cover that is the equivalent of our eyelids. Think of it this way. Close your eyes. You can still move your eyeball. Now imagine your eyelid is a clear, firm lens. That's how a snakes eye works. Since the eye itself has shriveled up, that leaves the clear dome and it has now become dented a little. I don't think it's anything to worry about. It doesn't look like there's any infection underneath it.

The scales on his head won't grow back. I've seen cases where some tiny scales grew back just a little bit, but not normal scales. I think he'll have that bald spot forever.