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Opinions? Advice?

johnavilla Apr 12, 2006 02:48 PM

Ok, so a while back I had a female that suffered a burn or infection. She is eating well, shed shortly after I stopped her antibiotic treatment and seems to be recovering well. I noticed yesterday that she seems to be sheding single scales. Could this be retained shed? It has been at least a month since she shed and her humidity is at about 60% so that seems odd. Also, some but not all of the scales are matte underneath. She is acting normally and eating so I am not too concerned but if anyone knows anything or has experience with this I'd love to hear from you. Thanks in advance.
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Replies (3)

johnavilla Apr 13, 2006 02:16 PM

because this is the second post I've put up that has been ignored?
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toshamc Apr 13, 2006 02:32 PM

I wouldn't take it too personally - it happens - as for your single scale issue - if it looks like its just some old skin - then I would venture to guess that that is probably what it is - but without examining the snake closer the snake it would be hard to tell.
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johnavilla Apr 13, 2006 02:40 PM

I didn't take it too personal. As for my snake (who's name coincidentily is Fluffy ) I think that is what it is too because she is eating fine and acting normal. Just thought I'd make sure that it wasn't some super rare deadly thing that I had never heard of! Thanks!
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