A vet visit for a retained spectacle? Wow. Each to their own I guess, but I'm surprised if there are many people wanting to keep snakes who wouldn't be involved enough with them to deal with basics like this themselves. Generally people don't even notice and they just come off with the next slough, but it's an easy thing to remove if you want to. Even when working in collections with hundreds of snakes I usually only have to do two or three spectacles per year (snakes in good health in appropriate conditions rarely have the issue, though I do sometimes end up spotting and removing them in collections I visit), and I might have removed more adhered spectacles from wild snakes than captives (usually on wild snakes it's caused by ticks etc and they'll have multiple spectacles built up).
I was saying this to someone who is not experienced, also those who are squeamish and can't or won't do anything about it. You are right though the Retained Spectacle should come off in the next shed, new owners would panic and often do because it is an unknown and I would hate them to try do it themselves and damage the animals eyes. I thought it important to advise to inspect the old shed skin to check to make sure it all came off. A vet is the best place to learn, and keep the animal healthy.
Hi @Sdaji When you say feed more, do you recommend feeding more in the same feeding (ie for me it is once per week) or feed the same amount of food more often, like twice per week?
