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ok all I have been raising snakes for 15 yrs now but I have only had burms for about 6 months. I have an Albino and a regular (if you can call any snake regular LOL. My albino had (minor) burnt himself about 8 weeks ago including his eye scales. He finally shed tonight (Thank GOD!!) he has not eaten since he burnt himself and I am praying that now he will eat! On top of that my newest (Abby) some mucus although she is not making any sounds when breathing or hissing (other than a hisss of course) no rattling and does not hold her head up like she is having a hard time breathing. The mucus does sometimes dry on her mouth (lower jaw) and I wipe it off (she hates this!!!!) Their temps are in the 80's at all times and their humidity is usually at about 50% (it does vary though) I cleaned their cage thouroughly tonight with bleach solution, rinsed well and treated for mites since I think I saw a couple on Butter (my Albino) . Can anyone think of anything else I should or could be doing? Abby has not eaten since I got her (about a month ago) but I know that could just be the stress from the move and so could the mucus. I am hoping now that Butter can see he will eat! And someone remind me again why I love snakes? All I ever do is worry about them LOL

Angela

You said you keep them in the 80's. That's a pretty wide range. We normally keep ours in the mid 80's, but we are breeding them now so it ranges from 80 at night to 84 during the day.

You didn't mention a hot spot/basking area. We keep about 1/4 of the cage at about 92.

Randy
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at night they are about 80-82 and in the day 85-88 and yes they have a basking spot. I am concerned about Abbys mucus although Butter did go through a bit of that for a few weeks and then it cleared and he has been fine for about two weeks. I am thinking maybe stress from the burns???

Angela

How bad were the burns? Did it leave any scarring? Is the mucus clear or does it have a color or does it have a smell?

Randy
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Randy and Michelle
Art In Scales
(719) 439-4199
info@artinscales.com

Abby's mucus is mainly clear but sometimes white, no smell to it at all. And she actually looks really good right now! Her previous owner said she always had some mucus so I guess this could just be normal for her. Butters burns were very minor, no scaring at all but they were enough to temporarily damage the scales on his eyes. When he shed tonight all traces of the burns including on the eye scales disappeared totally. He is my beautiful Butter again.

I am going to try and feed him tomorrow.

Angela