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My jungle boa shed today after being in the blue for approximately 2 weeks. Upon completion of shedding today when I took him out I noticed a new light spot approximately 4-5 inches behind his head. It looks like a reverse-paradox type marking. Its as if someone went in and bleached some of his scales. This occurred on the lighter beige scales and even on some of the black pattern scales (although the black scales still have some dark pigment to them). There is no pattern to this new mark. It is approximately 1.5-2 inches in length and probably about a 1/2 inch wide.

Has anyone else ever had this happen? Is this a characteristic of the jungle trait? Any thoughts would be appreciated. Sorry I haven't figured out how to upload photos yet.
Thanks in advance for your replies.

Anthony-

Sounds like toxic rat syndrome, many snake have had this happen, some die, some never recover... I would change rat supplier if it was me.

Search this forum, there have been many posts on this. Feel free to pm me for more info.
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06
0.2 h albino
07
0.1 dh snow
0.2 leticia
1.1 triple het
0.1 albino h snow
08
2.1 hypo hog
0.1 sunset
1.0 ghost
0.1 arabesque dh stripe alb
1.1 h type 2 anery
0.1 pastel motley
0.1 leticia
1.0 hypo ph bloody sharp
0.2 ph bloody sharp
1.0 h blood
0.1 sunglow poss super
1.2 anery h snow
0.2 albino h snow
1.1 50% guyana h albino
0.1 triple het
0.1 ghost h albino
1.0 jungle h anery ph albino
0.1 pastel het albino
09
1.1 dh blizzard
0.1 h albino
0.1 jungle h albino
1.0 motley h albino ph snow
1.0 albino h snow
1.0 anery h snow
1.1 hypo dh stripe albino
and 25 balls