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wolfspirit
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 16/02/2009 : 12:27:19
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Does anyone know how to tell if a snake is blind?
I have noticed with Indy that he never moves or reacts when my hand or anything is in front of his face, i have checked his eyes, and they are clear.
Does anyone know what there eyse look like if they have lost there sight? |
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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 16/02/2009 : 20:11:56
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the pupil can go cloudy but it's quite easy to see................. other than that i'm not sure  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 17/02/2009 : 17:36:52
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Does he not even flick his tongue or anything?
Smell is their main sense, so he's likely to flick his tongue if anything if put in front of him so he can work out what it is. If he's not tongue flicking then it's a possibility, but maybe you've just got a really chilled out king? 
Plus when are you testing this? When you have him out of the viv? It's just that snakes sleep with their eyes open so if you are waving your hand in front of his face while he's relaxing in the viv, he could just be sleeping  |
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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 17/02/2009 : 20:11:01
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| Yeah I would go with the sleeping theory, Snoop has done that a few times when I've gone near him. |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 18/02/2009 : 16:30:50
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| I would say that if you've got him out and he still doesn't respond then he may be blind but would stick with the sleeping theory for now |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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wolfspirit
Hatchling
United Kingdom
159 Posts |
Posted - 26/02/2009 : 20:47:40
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He died today at the vets, to cut a long story short he came to me from a rescue with a lump, on xrays it showed to be big inside, further tests showed bacteria, and because of the size of it inside they decided to operate, he came round yesterday after having one of his kidneys removed because it was so badly infected but died earlier this afternoon.
R.I.P Indy my gentle little boy.. |
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lewy
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 26/02/2009 : 21:33:40
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| Really Sorry to here that wolfspirit |
Lewy
THE KING SNAKE.co.uk Team
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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 26/02/2009 : 23:03:09
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| was really sorry to hear your news *hugs* |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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lee2308
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1609 Posts |
Posted - 26/02/2009 : 23:52:08
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| You did all that you could,more than could be said for the previous owners |
1.0 dumeril boa,0.1 bci boa,1.0 royal python,1.0 mbk kingsnake,1.0corn,1.2 chinese water dragon,0.0.1 bearded dragon
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
1512 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 09:25:48
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 That's awful!
Hope you are alright?
Poor Indy. |
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Grumpy
Hatchling
United Kingdom
138 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 09:39:51
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| Sorry to hear about Indy, at least you did what you could. Always hard to lose an animal, furred, feathered or scaled. |
IanT
Blair's grey band
Albino cali female
Albino grey band female
Chocolate Cali
Taiwanese Beauty female |
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magneticblue
Kingsnake Forum Admin
United Kingdom
1511 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 15:45:03
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| Sorry for your loss. RIP Indy |
1.1.0 Arizona mountain king (Sylar and Claire)
0.1.0 Blotched king ( Jasmin)
1.1.0 Guyana red-tail boa (Hercules and Athena)
1.0.1 children (Alfie and BUMP)
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jono2411
Yearling
United Kingdom
655 Posts |
Posted - 27/02/2009 : 16:23:39
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| harsh news... my condolences... |
1.0.0 Mexican Black Kingsnake : Baron Samedi
0.0.1 Apricot Pueblan Milksnake : (Hercule) Poirot
0.1.0 Striped Splotched Sinaloan Milksnake : Arminia
0.1.0 Pueblacorn - Cleopatra
0.0.3 Fire-Bellied Toads: Ghengis Khan, Bruce Lee & Chairman Mao
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