Bedding in nose pits??!

Ever since I switched to coconut bedding Reptile Prime (which I love) my albino female always looks like she has dirt in her nose pits. She's also off feed so I'm hoping I'm not missing anything. Any advice would be helpful. Should I let her swim in some water to flush out pits?

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Originally Posted by GuyFawkesJeep

Ever since I switched to coconut bedding Reptile Prime (which I love) my albino female always looks like she has dirt in her nose pits. She's also off feed so I'm hoping I'm not missing anything. Any advice would be helpful. Should I let her swim in some water to flush out pits?

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Well...that is odd.

I use Reptile Prime and I have light colored snakes and I have never seen this.

To me it looks like she is pushing or burrowing through the substrate. Could there be something that is bothering her face ? Retained shed? Shed about to happen? Upper respiratory infection?

Are the temps ok ? Is she ever pushing in corners ??Trying to get out of the enclosure??

No, this is not normal, but I don't think its because of the substrate, for some reason she is really pushing her face into it hard for it to get impacted into her heat pits like this.

Seems normal, some snakes (even ball pythons) can be burrowers, they might have smelled something interesting, or if they were fed recently accidentally shoved their face into the dirt. I've also noticed some of my snakes get suuuper interested in freshly-expanded EcoEarth, so if that's a fresh batch, it was probably just getting a good sniff. :) (My albino boa always has some bedding stuck somewhere, but usually doesn't get it caked on her snout.)

The substrate shouldn't harm it, but if your individual isn't against the idea of water, maybe give it a quick bath just long enough to clear the substrate out?