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I just bought a baby ball python about 2 months ago.
She hasn't shed once since I got her.
And once I brought her back from the pet store, I noticed that she had a dry patch of skin on her head.
I've tried soaking her in water for about 10 minutes.
And I mist her cage every day. And theres a wet paper towel under both her hide spots (an upside down flower pot and a cave).
I have a heat lamp on the top left side of the cage.
The temperature during the day gets to be about 90 degrees.
And 75 at night.

What I'm wondering is:

1. Does my ball python have a skin disease?
2. How often are babies (1 to 2 months old) supposed to shed?
3. Is there anyway I can take the piece of skin of manually?
(I've read that dry patches of skin will cut off the snakes
circulation)
4. When pet stores (family owned/small business) have a bunch of baby snakes on sale "Ball Pythons"......are they captive bred or imported?
5. When she sheds in the future, will the dry piece of skin come off with the rest of her shed?
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try useing a piece of scotch tape to get it off i do this all the time if it dosen't come right off leave it...

1. Does my ball python have a skin disease?
Probably not!

2. How often are babies (1 to 2 months old) supposed to shed?
Depends on how much they eat. Feeding once weekly will produce a shed about every 5 weeks

3. Is there anyway I can take the piece of skin of manually?
Scotch tape works, getting a corner of it with tweezers can help

4. When pet stores (family owned/small business) have a bunch of baby snakes on sale "Ball Pythons"......are they captive bred or imported?
they are probably imported, but just fine if it's eating well

5. When she sheds in the future, will the dry piece of skin come off with the rest of her shed?
Try to get the shed off first, but yes.

Hope this helps!

Steve Harrison
J-ville, FL

Thank you for all your help. And thank you for answering all my questions-instead of just one.

Thanks again.
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1.0.0 Boyfriend