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You always hear about someone saying help my ball this or that, and someone kindly gives symptoms of common problems and the advice usually leads to a vet visit. But you never see any pictures of these problems. So lets see some pictures of mouth rot, scale or belly blisters, dont know if anyone has any pics of RI, that would be a hard one. Impacted object (cypress, or something else) in a bp after feeding, only heard about that never seen it. Any pictures of what happens when someone uneducated about reptiles houses them on ceder or pine? Ive seen ticks and some picks of mites but maybe someone else hasn't. If im missing anything (im sure there are more) fill in the blanks and provide pics so everyone can identify these problems.

Thanks
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1.1 Normal Bps
1. 100% Het Albino
.1 Lemon Pastel

Click the link for Pearl`s Story.

Pearl`s Story

Interesting read. Sorry to hear about Pearl.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

I had an experience about 25 years ago in a Burmese python with head swelling. The only thing we could figure was an allergic reaction to something temporary in the cage. It was gone in about 2 days, and was a bit more severe than Pearl's, but the pic reminded me of it. I have a feeling that the head swelling in your case was not related to her final demise.
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Thank you for sharing your and pearls story, it was very informative. A friend and I wish one day to have our own small scale breeding business and also provide health care for exotic animals. He is studying to become a vet and wants to specialize in reptiles and I just find herps fascinating.
Thanks again
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1.1 Normal Bps
1. 100% Het Albino
.1 Lemon Pastel

This animal survived and is doing extremely well. She has no signs of this injury from 5+ years ago. The injury was a result of using an unregulated UTH with a glass aquarium. The snake layed directly on the glass. It is not known if the UTH failed or the snake simply did not move and it was too hot. All the pale brown skin was dead and fell off exposing raw flesh. I was appalled at her condition, while my vet said he's seen much worse. Now, that's scary.
Burned snake

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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles

Jay, was the end result just bad scaring? How did you prevent it for getting infected? Being that the burn was directly on the belly I would assume it would limit mobility, cancel the will to feed, and potentially a high risk of infection due to the constant contact. Any pics of the snake now?

Thanks
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1.1 Normal Bps
1. 100% Het Albino
.1 Lemon Pastel

No scaring at all. I have not taken any recent shots but you cannot tell the animal was burned. This happened when she was a sub-adult and is now over 2000 grams. It was soaked in chlorahexadine daily for 30 min for about a week if I remember correctly. She was kept on wax paper until the wound hardened. I also applied a liberal amount of Neosporin daily for about 2-3 weeks. Feeding resumed about a month later.
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Jay A. Martin
Jay Martin Reptiles