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well to make this short my little girl is not feeding and getting thin, and her scales seem to be coming off and getting ugly in some areas. Can anyone help?

Julian.

could be in final shed stages (you can hope)..they sometimes can look pretty rugged. Has if fed before? Have you fed her chicks? more info and maybe pictures would help.

Well she seems to look like this all over, scales coming off here and there and to me she looks thin. I've had her a month or so and the petshop i bought her from said she was feeding on mice and that she had had one 2 days before, i dont see why it would suddenly stop feeding but then again it's a petshop (LLLREPTILE) and they will do or say anything to gain a few bucks. In addition to her skin and weight problem she is breathing funny (whistleing sound) and could feel it all the way on her belly im guessing it's a respiratory infection?.

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it is difficult to tell but the anaconda does not look extremely skinny. has it eaten before? If so, what has it eaten? It could posibly be the final shed stages where it looks a little rough or it may just be a wild caught individual that looks a little rough from being in the wild. Keep us updated and share as much information as you can. Looks like a pretty little thing so I hope it does well.

i dont know if it had a meal before, but thats what i was told by the petshop that it had a med mouse 2 days before the purchase. I hope that she will be shedding and its nothing bad, but the thing thats starting to concern me more is the way she is breathing, sounds like a respiratory infection. Well she does look real nice, in fact here is a nice pic of her. Anyway i will keep a closer look on her and hope for some old skin laying around and keep you updated.

That isnt your enclosure is it? Why is the snake in the mud? Try day old chicks for food and I bet you will have good luck with that. Tell us more about your housing, I had never heard of RI in green anacondas until recently when my friends green just died. If you got it from a pet store it could also be an imported anaconda and that would be why the scales look like that, you should also have it see a vet and be treated for parasites. This animal should never be sold in a pet store. I wish you luck and keep giving us as much information as you can.

well it's not mud.. it's pete moss (sp?) i was using moss but it smelled bad and turned real ugly. Anyway I have moist pete moss in a rubbermaid box with a hole on the lid, for substrate im using shredded aspen and also have a bowl of water in thereand the temps seem to be at around 86. I was told at the petshop they were all cb every single one of them, she looked nice when i bought her, ever since she hasnt been doing too well. I will try a day old chick but will have to find one, i dont think they are easy to come across.

Get rid of the shavings and moss, use newspaper, it's easy to clean, and with the moss ive found that mold begins to grow. Along with the newspaper you can cut a hole in a gladware container witht he lid on and put the wet moss in there for a humid hide. How long have you had her? Have you left her alone for at least a week without handling to let her acclimate? Have you tried live prey? I hear using chicken broth on the mice also works well with green. Also try leaving a F/T mouse in over night, my female yellow will not take food from my hand or even if im in the room but has no problem eating by herself.

Get rid of the shavings and moss, use newspaper, it's easy to clean, and with the moss ive found that mold begins to grow. Along with the newspaper you can cut a hole in a gladware container witht he lid on and put the wet moss in there for a humid hide. How long have you had her? Have you left her alone for at least a week without handling to let her acclimate? Have you tried live prey? I hear using chicken broth on the mice also works well with green. Also try leaving a F/T mouse in over night, my female yellow will not take food from my hand or even if im in the room but has no problem eating by herself.

I've only had her about a month, i try holding her everyday bur i guess i will leave her alone for a while, i did try live prey and refused someone else also mentioned chicken broth, i will try that soon.

I know I am stepping into this a little late, but here goes. from the pic, I can say that the substrate is definitely too wet. that needs to be fixed. newspapers were already recommended, and I concur. NOW - it is tough to tell from the pics, but I think I see some blistering. that could be some of the skin issue. if so, I would recommend losing even the humid hide box. let her dry out for a week or so.
Also, from the description of her breathing, it is likely that she has a RI. getting her into more suitable conditions may help; but if it has gotten to the point that you can feel it reverberating through her body, antibiotics are probably warranted (when you take her to the vet, as was already recommended, they will say for sure) If you don't have a good reptile vet, try contacting a local herp organization. keep handling to a minimum (read: only what is necessary to deal with current health issues). she won't eat when she is that congested, save your food money til she is better. then, no handling at all (except for cage maintenance) until she eats.
GOOD LUCK!! HHMoore