WC Rosy Boa- Severe nose rub scar & mouth breathing

[AlliBaughman]

I just received a WC rosy boa ( I live in the Mojave Desert of SoCal) to be housed in my classroom. I am a snake enthusiast with 30+ herps and several in my classroom (8th grade) that are used for enrichment and for my club. So, I'm not a total newbie, but this is my first rosy, so here goes....

The rosy that I just received had a severe nose rub that has since healed. It is completely scarred over. My issue is that she open mouth breathes quite a bit and I can hear her breath "puff" when she does so. She has no bubbles nor wetness. I've had snakes with RIs before, so I can generally spot that, but with this snake, I think it may be connected to the fact that her face is so scarred.

Does anyone have any experience or advice on this? Thanks!! Alli

[Reinz]

Welcome to the Forum Alli.

Could her nostrils gotten scarred over or covered up/ blocked with anything?

[anicatgirl]

I too was thinking it sounded like her nostrils were blocked

[AlliBaughman]

I think that may be it. I took a couple of pictures, but I couldn't figure out how to attach them in my message.

[anicatgirl]

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...-Post-Pictures

For pics!