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I bought an female albino blood python at the North Carolina Reptile show about a week ago. She is 6 months old I would say. I took her to Ben Seigal and had him sex her to check sex and give me a at a glad to see if she looked healthy. I noticed she wasnt flicking her tongue at me since I bought her. I did see had a tongue when I had her out at the show When she was about to bite me. When I was feeding her on mon. she did not have a hole for here tongue under her nose. She cant flick her tongue, no tasting. I was wondering what I should do I hvae a few bloods so not my first, but it is the first time I seen that. Should I contact the breeder as for a refund or partial(i know I wont get it), and will this have any effect on her feeding since she will rely on heat pits and eyes, and I dont think I will be able to tame her any since she will never know the difference on taste. I mad because the breeder didnt tell me even though I asked if anything was wrong with her. It just didnt occur to me to look into her mouth unless it forced it open with my thumb for resp. infection. I was going ot load pics, but I dont know how.

Any help, or advice

Thanks Andrew

>>I bought an female albino blood python at the North Carolina Reptile show about a week ago. She is 6 months old I would say. I took her to Ben Seigal and had him sex her to check sex and give me a at a glad to see if she looked healthy. I noticed she wasnt flicking her tongue at me since I bought her. I did see had a tongue when I had her out at the show When she was about to bite me. When I was feeding her on mon. she did not have a hole for here tongue under her nose. She cant flick her tongue, no tasting. I was wondering what I should do I hvae a few bloods so not my first, but it is the first time I seen that. Should I contact the breeder as for a refund or partial(i know I wont get it), and will this have any effect on her feeding since she will rely on heat pits and eyes, and I dont think I will be able to tame her any since she will never know the difference on taste. I mad because the breeder didnt tell me even though I asked if anything was wrong with her. It just didnt occur to me to look into her mouth unless it forced it open with my thumb for resp. infection. I was going ot load pics, but I dont know how.
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>>Any help, or advice
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>>Thanks Andrew

I'm confused by your message. Are you saying that because you don't see the snake flicking its tongue that it can't? If they are nervous, they won't always do that. By your post, it sounds like she is eating okay. She must be picking up the scent of food just fine. ?

You have to load your photos to any image hosting site first to post them on here.

I have a baby similar to what you are describing. Mine has a tongue that isn't attached correctly and just kind of hangs around in his mouth. He can't control it at all. Pretty sure it was a birth defect....None of the other snakes had this issue so I believe it to be temperature related. I will not sell him because of the deformity.

I would ask for a refund or exchange. Mine isn't a great eater, you have to either feed live or tease him until he's so mad he strikes. It's a pain to deal with....You paid for a healthy non defective snake, that is what you should have gotten.

Sorry it does not make sense, but I believe she is deformed as well. SHe is trying to put her tongue (looking at her throat), but she dont seem to be able to. I believe either something is wrong with her tongue or.. hell maybe she dont have a tongue I need to pop her mouth open but I dont want to touch or stress her since she is new.

I got a little borneo a few months ago that has a deformed tongue, its limp and curls around in her mouth so its pointing back into her throat. I had a very hard time switching her to F/T but she eats fairly well now and has always been very healthy. The breeder told me to go ahead and keep her and sent me a new snake of my choosing, paid the second shipment cost and all.

aleblanc - mine is the same, it takes several minutes of teasing, and by the time she's mad enough to strike she usually just drops it and continues striking, at which point I have to pick it up and start the teasing again. She usually takes it for good on the 3rd try. She does however, eat live like candy which is probably why the breeder never noticed a problem.