I hope the vet can be helpful!
If it turns out she does have no or limited vision, or has to have her eyes operated on or even removed, I know Emily & Ed of Snake Discovery, and many other people, have clicker trained their blind snakes to help them know when there is food present. BPs are rumored to not have fantastic eyesight anyway- I think we assume they use their heat pits and tongue to know when something fuzzy and delicious is close by.
As far as quality of life, if the vet can help her out, she should do well with you! Congrats, she’s a real beauty. (I do have my bias for BELs!)
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I guess so on second look and baring in mind your experience, just saying bug eyes alone do not mean blind or a problem.
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I mean, bug eyes can lead to higher chances of injury or rupturing to the eyes. If they are saying she is blind I would imagine she is showing signs of not being able to see. With how bad her eyes look, it wouldn’t surprise me if she is blind. Some people might like bug eyes (no idea why) but it doesn’t change that is a deformity and can cause issues like what is happening with this BP. As stated though, I haven’t seen a BP with eyes this big and swollen. Only colubrids usually have ones this bad. A vet visit wouldn’t be a bad plan even if she could see since she is a rescue.
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Yeah…sorry about the 2 treads…thanks for combining them! There is definitely no signs that Im seeing of actual infection… but it definitely looks like some fluid build up. What is throwing me…is that both eyes are the exact same. Ima get her into the university soon (my closest reptile vet)
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Ive never seen a snake with such bugged eyes…when I first seen her it was jarring.
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I think she is basically blind because she doesn’t respond to movement right in front of her face. She has had a meal with me thO…& eats fine when she smells rat.
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Also her pupils wont dilate under a flashlight
At least she had fed with you. I’d definitely recommend taking her to the vet for a check up.
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Oh eating for you is a good sign. That’s very hopeful; the vet can maybe reduce the swelling.
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Thanks for the replies. I talked to another ex breeder 2day…that thinks it could be from recurring injury from stuck eye caps… which 3 outta 4 had stuck shed on arrival here…so he thinks the overall trama is contributing…thinks its like busted vessels possibly. Still going to a vet…but its narrowed down…blocked lacrimal ducts…but both eyes…which seems off kinda…but possible…repeated trama made scarring behide the corina ( he thinks becausethere is white in her eyes too)…or birth defect… probably contributing… or all who knows. Vet in order for her.
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Wish I get get a clearer close up…but in person the white in both eyes does looked "cataract " like
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She is definitely not in pain…she is such an awesome snake… she seems super happy in her new digs ( she was being kept all wrong…with NO hide box!) She likes to hang out too. I have snakes that do…& snakes that dont. She is all about it… Angle… well Luck Dragon…lol. Falkor!!
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She likes me 
but her pervious owner I dont wanna blast…but she was just a Trophy that he didnt actually know alot about…he tired I guess…she had a 40g…with a 25w heat pad & 100w red light cooking her on apen with no hide or moist hide…but to be fair…he listen to someone @ like pet smart…
She’s very lucky you took her in and she sounds grateful for everything you’ve done.
She may be in pain still, esp with previous mistreatment. But just grateful of a better life now.
Hope the vets go okay 
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Thank you. Im glad she has me too… I was kinda taking back when I got her…but almost couldn’t imagine not having her now. She is this litteral Light. She deserves to be happy 
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I had no idea part of my massive moving now deal was…in which I had to take the Balls…(which I was fine with after I seen how they were living) I didnt know she was like this till she showed up…surprise this snake is screwed…
Such a sweetheart!!! Eventually she is going to do any education programs I do in the future
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What your new girl has is a pretty severe case of Pseudobuphthalmos, or fluid in the subspectacular space. Usually when it’s bilateral, the cause is mouth rot or other inflammatory issue caused by poor husbandry, such as flagellates. Since you said this poor girl was kept in inappropriate conditions, that’s likely what has caused it. If the spectacle is already opaque, the blindness is likely permanent. Sometimes the swelling can resolve with treatment of the underlying issue, but based on the severity and lack of sight, the vet may suggest a surgical intervention.
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