My cousin just bought a ball python from a reptile show, and apparently one of the sale people told him that "heat rocks are recommended". That is pure salestalk, heatrocks are not recommended for ANY reptile that could lean on it and burn itself.
Just a quick little post, it's a pet peeve of mine when people lie to you about what your pets should be using just to make 20 bucks.
As I said before, if your Ball Python still has his eye caps on after his shed, you can just leave your Ball Python alone. They don't rely on their eye sight as much as they do with their sense of smell.
If you really want to remove your ball python's eye caps, have someone experienced do it for you.
Let me repeat, nothing will go wrong if your ball python has retained his eye caps after a bad shed. The best thing you could do is make sure his temps and humidity levels are all perfect. See our Ball Python Care guide for info on what the Ball python's cage should be.
Here is a video, if you ever have to remove your ball python or any snake's eye cap, demonstrating a good way on how to remove the eye caps. Never use tape, never use tweezers, never use any pressure or anything that could harm your ball python's eyes.
This man is experienced, if you aren't or you have shaky hands, just leave your Ball Python alone rather than risk him getting hurt or stressed. Again, nothing will go wrong if your ball python has retained his eye caps, so think about that before you decide to remove it yourself.
