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Photo #590 BP = 66% Het Clown/'66% Het VPI Axanthic' Since this Mozambique Agate stone was translucent--I lit it up with a small flashlight...

Photo #589 BP = Ivory (aka Super Yellow Belly) There is quite a variety of stones in the photo...Everything from Leland Blue Slag Glass to Nguni...

Alright sounds good. Thanks again for the help definitely wont make that mistake again. Hopefully it clears up quicker than expected. He luckily...

Can't say precisely how many sheds before his scales look right again. I'm afraid you'll just have to be patient... & be even more progressive- next...

Thanks everyone for the responses. I read so many places that the neosporin (no painkillers) would have no ill effect on anything so I just was...

The trouble with petroleum-based products is that they don't dry, & you may think you didn't use very much, but snakes slide around so it gets all...

Nah. I think you kind of jumped the gun on treatment here. That's a small patch and I'm not seeing the redness that I would expect to see with an...

Bingo. Petroleum-based ointments can cause scales to slough. Vetericyn is a water-based gel so it doesn't cause scale damage when used on cuts or...

I'm pretty sure that's from over-using Neosporin (it's not made for snakes). A much better option is Vetericyn for reptiles. It will take a while...

Photo #588 BP = 66% Het Clown/66% Het Lavender Albino Stone = Dyed Brazilian Agate (Former Broken Bookend)

I always still try p/k during fast and to try and break the fast. It hasn't worked in years. I just figure as long as she IS eating that I'll just...

As you can probably tell, I've known my share of challenging snakes that didn't want to eat. :rolleyes: (Most of them were BPs...but not all.) ...

I feed once a week while she's eating so that she can put on enough weight to maintain the usual fast from about mid October to April or May each...

BTW, if you manage to sneak a f/t rodent into your snake's mouth this way, please know that it may take several times (doing the same thing) before...

Another thing- how often do you feed her? And how is her body weight? (post pics if you can) As long as she's not too thin, it doesn't hurt a...

My first thought was to wait and and see. If it was a one-off, that would still be my advice, but since it's been repeated three times and you have...

I booked an appointment for Monday so we will see what happens in the meantime. This particular supplier keeps the rats in drawers in racks and it's...

BTW, I used to raise all my own rodents (for 38 years!) for my then-house-full of snakes (85-90 snakes on average, not counting offspring & summer...

Messy poo from the rats is a big hint- they're not healthy. And I've known many B.P.s over the years...they can be very stubborn about taking pk...

Thank you. She will not take anything but live. I've noticed occasionally that when I get the rat home it'll have made a mess of runny poop in the...

Probably something she ate. Live rats can carry (& share) internal parasites ("worms" & various pathogens), so maybe it's time to find a better food...

The last one out in clutch #10 is an Ivory. So that means both parents are Het for Yellow Belly? Seems so weird I keep throwing unexpected...

OK! This one is out of the egg: Pre-Shed and still looking pale. This one doesn't look like Clown right?...Right?...Right? Here is a quick pic...

So my odd hatchling from Clutch #10 is a bit further out of the egg. Clutch #10: Parents: Super Blade/Het Clown/Het Lavender Albino x Leopard/Het...

Me: What do you think the odd snake hatching in the photo from my Clutch #10 is? ChatGPT: This looks very strongly like a Clown-based ball python,...

Great points, I hadn't thought of that! Snakes are definitely challenging since their bodies are so different from mammals and there is much less...

There's different ways to look at it...snakes can be very challenging patients. Personally that's a snake I'd have gently tube-fed first (my method...