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If a ball gets a small scratch on the belly will it be gone by the next shed?
Same question but instead of scratch , a cut? will that heal by the next shed?

thanx

depends how deep and the health of the snake. if it's just a notch in the scales, it will be healed faster than something that gets past the scales into the skin. some things go away in 2-3 sheds, sometimes a snake may retain a scar for a long time.
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It totally depends. Last spring I bought a baby fancy ball python that caught my eye in a tub of a few hundred from Ian G. This snake - unfortunately - fell into the claws of a sneaky cat I used to own, became a play toy, and was tore up pretty good.

I spent a lot of money at an exotic animal hospital (that I now work for) trying to save her. She pulled through, and she's trippled her size since than, though she shouldn't have lived.

It's been almost 13 months since her trauma, and there are cuts on her belly and spine that have still not gone away, and she sheds at least twice a month (growing girl). I doubt most of her scars will ever disappear.

This same snake got a smaller scratch on her belly from god-knows-what (she's a freaking mess, that snake) and that small scratch has been there for about 3 shed cycles and is almost gone.

So proof be shown that it really depends on the injury. I also use SSD on stuff like this, so I'm sure it aids in speeding up the healing process.

Hope that helps!
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