Ball python Small amount of skin falling off

[DeCora]

This might not be anything but me and my girlfriend recently got a ball python she’s only about 2 months old and we’ve noticed that she has small amounts of dead skin that are falling off of her. They seem to be mostly on her belly. She’s not in shedd we keep her temps right and her humidity around 55% Anyone have any ideas. Feel free to ask for anymore details

[SDA]

Normally that is just stuck shed from low humidity during shedding. Was the last shed in one piece or in multiple smaller sections? Ball pythons should shed in one piece.

Can you describe more what you mean by dead skin like is there scales missing and redness or discoloration and can you take a close up and in focus picture and post it for review?

[OneEyedFox]

Sounds like pieces of stuck shed but a picture would help to know for certain


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[DeCora]

We haven’t had her long enough for her to she’d yet. Hers an image of what it looks like there have been at least 20 pieces like this that I’ve seen
https://m.imgur.com/a/GSmPQ

Her eyes aren’t clouded over either don’t know if they stay cloudy when they are stuck in shed

[OneEyedFox]

She could have been given to you while she was in the middle of a rough shed, what do you have her on, substrate wise if you don't mind me asking?


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[SDA]

Yup that most likely is the result of a bad shed and small bits stuck shed on the body. It will come off and so long as there is not shed stuck tight around the tail. around the neck, or stuck eye caps it really is nothing to worry about so long as humidity is correct and they shed properly next time.

[DeCora]

We are currently using coconut husk and forest floor from zoo med. and she seems fine still active and her eyes seem normal

[OneEyedFox]

We are currently using coconut husk and forest floor from zoo med. and she seems fine still active and her eyes seem normal

It's just stuck shed. The snakes eyes are clear when the shed, the blue happens before they actually shed. Get a wet towel and let her slither around on it, that should get all the shed off


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[DeCora]

Ok I’ll try that thanks a bunch