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my baby female brb has white bumps on her body. the bumps look like scales that have risen up off her body but are still attached. they almost look like mold. gross help

Can you tell us more about your setup? A picture will be more helpful as well.

Have you tried soaking her to see if the 'bumps' are stuck shed?
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PHLdyPayne

can't figure out how to down load pic. says to big of file, it's a new baby had it about 2 weeks i was thinking that it was unshedded skin most of the bumps are about 2-3 scales and there are about 20 spots on her.

Headed out right now but feel free to send me the pic at:

Rainbowsrus@sbcglobal.net

I'll resize and load them up for you. Probably later this evening)

Really can't say anything without pics.
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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

thanks here they come

To resize a photo, need some kind of photo editing software. Photoshop is the big one, but most digital cameras come with their own 'mini' photo editor. All also come with a 'help' section and it should be pretty easy to search through the help section on 'resizing photos'.

If your camera didn't come with photo editing software, there are all kinds of shareware/freeware photo editors out there. An earlier version of Adobe Photoshop is available free from the Adobe website (www.adobe.com I think the site is). Windows XP and Vista have a built in photo editor which does resize, called simply enough, Microsoft Photo editor.

Photobucket and Flickr allow for larger images to be uploaded I beleive, so they are also an option if you don't want to go to the trouble of resizing pictures.
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PHLdyPayne

>>my baby female brb has white bumps on her body. the bumps look like scales that have risen up off her body but are still attached. they almost look like mold. gross help

(I took the liberty of cropping off un-necessary areas)

I'm really not sure what's going on here. Can you take a close look under some of the lifted scales? Looking for a mite or some other insect.

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Thanks,

Dave Colling

www.rainbows-r-us-reptiles.com

0.1 Wife (WC and still very fiesty)
0.2 kids (CBB, a big part of our selective breeding program)

LOL, to many snakes to list, last count (05/26/2009):
36.51 BRB
29.42 BCI
And those are only the breeders

lots.lots.lots feeder mice and rats

thanks for the resizing. we didn't see anything under the scales. some of the scales came off with a gentle tug. but still didn't see anything. got her in a clean bin w/ a dampened paper towel, water bowl, hide,. had her in a plastic bin, damp cypress mulch, about 85% humidity, temp about 78. no other of our brb have the white dots.

I suggest soaking her for about 10 minutes in luke warm water (about 75-80F) then let her run through a slightly damp towel to see if this removes all the spots.

Some definitely look like unshed skin but others look like actual white scales or scars.

Did she have these when you bought her or did they develop afterwards?
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PHLdyPayne

Are they blisters? If so, this condition could be caused by keeping the snake too damp/warm. If they are blisters, decrease the moisture content in your cage. keep it fairly dry and clean. Provide the animal with a water dish it can get into if it wants. No other moisture. the blisters should clear up within a few sheds.
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Mike Lockwood
www.tooscaley.com

thanks. already have her in a clean bin, w/ damp papertowel, hide and water bowl. she won't go in the water. lol she just curls up and tries to get away. we just put some bacitracin on her. we'll do that for three days and see what happens. we were advised to apply it by the fellow we bought her from.

I ENCOUNTERED THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A LITTER SEVERAL YEARS AGO. THESE WERE CAUSED BY A SMALL FLY LAYING EGGS UNDER THE SCALES. THREE OF SIX WITH THE PROBLEM DIED. ON THE OTHERS, I USED A STERILIZED NEEDLE TO POKE THE LARVAE TO DEATH. THESE THREE SURVIVED. THESE FLIES SEEMED TO CONGREGATE ONLY AROUND WET SUBSTRATE. I HAVE SINCE KEPT THEM MUCH DRIER. IF THIS TURNS OUT TO BE THE PROBLEM, GOOD LUCK.