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okay so dixie my big boy had a good shed for me to day and i noticed something on his face that didnt quite look right so i took him out and he seems to be wheezing a little bit and it almost looks like discolored scales or stretched out maybe even one or two missing i cant tell so i took a couple pics let me know if anyone seen it before or has a suggestion

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-Stephen-
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-Steve Lightning-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Steve,
..What it looks like to me is that the snake scratched the skin in the last week before it shed. This caused some drying along the edge of the old skin which caused the skin to stick to fresh skin underneath and pull away some when it shed. It should clear up after a few sheds.
Jeff

>>okay so dixie my big boy had a good shed for me to day and i noticed something on his face that didnt quite look right so i took him out and he seems to be wheezing a little bit and it almost looks like discolored scales or stretched out maybe even one or two missing i cant tell so i took a couple pics let me know if anyone seen it before or has a suggestion
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>>-Stephen-
>>-Step-
>>-Steve Lightning-
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>>0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
>>1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
>>1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
>>1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
>>0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)
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>>hopeful for not to distant future:
>>--Brazilian rainbow boas
>> 2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
>>-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

I'd be a bit concerned about the wheezing. Can you take a look at his mouth? Pink or Red? Any mucous?
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7.22 BRB
10.20 BCI
1.1 Mandarin Rat Snakes
0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
0.2 Corn Snakes
2.8 Leopard Geckos

Ooops, I missed the part about wheezing. Could be a respiratory problem that caused the snake to do some rubbing. With a Bci with respiratory problems you almost cannot go wrong raising the cage temperature a few degrees. Look carefully at the nares to see if there is any dried skin or mucous there causing the wheezing.

>>I'd be a bit concerned about the wheezing. Can you take a look at his mouth? Pink or Red? Any mucous?
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>>7.22 BRB
>>10.20 BCI
>>1.1 Mandarin Rat Snakes
>>0.1 Kenyan Sand Boa
>>0.2 Corn Snakes
>>2.8 Leopard Geckos

last i looked his mouth looked pink and i didnt notice anything around the nose, but i will look again.... would a ri make him rub his head and neck?
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-Stephen-
-Step-
-Steve Lightning-

0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)

hopeful for not to distant future:
--Brazilian rainbow boas
2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...

Steve,
Yes, a RI will make a snake restless and it will rub head and neck. The other possibility is that the snake rubbed it's skin when it was soft before shedding and that caused it to dry out around the head and the breathing noise is caused by dry skin edges insides the nares.
Jeff

>>last i looked his mouth looked pink and i didnt notice anything around the nose, but i will look again.... would a ri make him rub his head and neck?
>>-----
>>-Stephen-
>>-Step-
>>-Steve Lightning-
>>
>>0.1 soon to be wifey (hopefully)
>>1.0 rotwiler/chow (Boomer-wifey's pooch)
>>1.0 norm corn (Jake aka grumpy old terdhead)
>>1.0 col redtail boa (Switch, formally known as Dixie)
>>0.1 ball python (Bella- wifey's baby girl)
>>0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Saphira)
>>
>>hopeful for not to distant future:
>>--Brazilian rainbow boas
>> 2 or 3 more? maybe a breeding trio or two pair
>>-- something for the wifey... my list got to big...