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What do cloudy blue eyes often mean in a snake?

Cloudy blue eyes often mean a shed is near.

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  1. It needs brighter lights
  2. It wants another meal
  3. It is nearing a shed ✔

Why: Before shedding, a snake's eyes can turn cloudy blue and vision becomes limited. Leave the snake alone so it feels safer during this vulnerable period.

Huh, didn't know that: A snake may also look dull and stop eating before a shed.

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Why did the snake postpone reading? Its eye caps were cloudy.
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Answer: It is nearing a shed. Before shedding, a snake's eyes can turn cloudy blue and vision becomes limited. Leave the snake alone so it feels safer during this vulnerable period.

  1. Veterinary Preventive Medicine open.lib.umn.edu/vetprevmed/chapter/chapter-14-birds-herps
    Their eyes will turn cloudy blue when they are close to shedding, which will temporarily blind them.
    Checked 2026-10-11.

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