I agree with Mike Russo; if you think the snake is too dry, follow his suggestions.

You took some very good pics of Katie's head BTW, and that helps a lot. I didn't really see anything worth worrying about in the first 2 pics, but in the 3rd, the individually torn/peeling scales near her eyes makes me wonder what you have in her cage.

About two years ago I unfortunately decided to try a "reptile carpet" for substrate in my oldest female Ball Python's cage. I found similarly torn scales, and even individually shed scales that were most often on her belly, not on her head. As far as I could tell, this was caused by the individual fibers of the "carpet" mat catching on the edge of her scales as she moved around in her cage.

Anyhow, would you have anything that may have a particularly rough or fibrous surface in the cage with her? What I am seeing doesn't look like a humidity problem... but I am judging this from the 3 photos you provided, so I'm not in a position to diagnose anything for certain.

Good luck!

~Rebecca
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0.1 Dumeril's Boa '04 (Courtney)
1.2 Ball Pythons



0.2 American Pit Bull Terriers (40lb darling lap dogs:Brandy&Mara)

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• Dried Skin - ronald_durst, Tue Feb 20 22:18:55 2007
• RE: Dried Skin - MikeRusso, Wed Feb 21 06:16:09 2007
• RE: Dried Skin - amarilrose, Wed Feb 21 12:47:29 2007
• RE: Dried Skin - ronald_durst, Wed Feb 21 17:18:12 2007
• RE: Dried Skin - amarilrose, Thu Feb 22 10:46:51 2007