Any Ideas?

Katan did you get to see the Vet ?

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We just made an appointment, it's for Friday at 9:10 am. Our usual vet doesn't do reptiles so we had to look for a close one who does. They have good reviews, dying to see what they say.

The first issue may just be a layer of stuck shed that has gotten stained?

The second issue looks like a belly button that never fully closed though - which would be very unusual on a snake of that size. Hopefully some anti bios and a few stitches could persuade it to close?

I'm really curious what the vet has to say though once he has inspected it. :weirdface

You and me both. It is going to feel like forever waiting til friday morning :rolleye2:.

I haven't been able to find anything online about any snakes whose belly button didn't close all the way. It's been so frustrating. Literally everything that comes up when I search that is snake belly button rings -_-
And I sure hope it is stuck shed, that'd be a lot better than rot or an infection.

As soon as I find out I'll be on to post. I pray they can get it closed.:please:

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Originally Posted by Katan

I haven't been able to find anything online about any snakes whose belly button didn't close all the way. It's been so frustrating. Literally everything that comes up when I search that is snake belly button rings -_-

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I tried a search for "snake umbilical hole not closed" and this thread popped up: http://www.fieldherpforum.com/forum/...hp?f=2&t=20452

One of the users mentions "What you are seeing is where the umbilicus and residual yolk sac are internalized into the body cavity. It's basically the snake's belly button. In most cases, the yolk will be internalized through a hole there, and it will seal up and for the first few years of the snake's life, a scar will be noticeable. Unfortunately, if a snake is born a bit too early that hole may not have sealed."

Hopefully the vet can stitch it closed? It might be okay the way it is though?
I wanted to wish you luck!

It's shameful the person you traded with claims to have not seen this! On the lighter side you won bc you have a beautiful super pastel there with tons of potential. The exotic vet will get the reptile back on track and you can always document your experience on the BOI ( board of inquiry) on Fauna Classifieds.

I wonder if the breeder cut the egg too early. No idea if they do that, not even going to ask. I found her myself by comparing the for sale picture on a facebook group to more pictures that were up and found her quite easily and WOW does she have tons of snakes up constantly.
I didn't even see that yesterday, though I was looking for pictures and probably went past it. I'm hoping they can stitch it because I'm worried about something like this happening...
http://www.baileyreptiles.com/grace.html
I'll definitely bring it up and see if they think it is necessary or not.

Thanks so much @AbsoluteApril!

Edited to thank Albert Clark as well :). I honestly don't know how they couldn't have seen that. What amused me was HE messaged me asking to do a trade and sent me her breeder pic. The breeder sold her for $100. After I got her, I found his post looking to sell or trade, and he was trying to sell her and a male Super Pastel het pied for $125 each. How was he trying to sell them more than the breeder he got them from O_o. People amaze me! But besides all that, she is very beautiful and I'm not giving her up. I plan on asking him for a pic of the Leos enclosure in a few days to see how shes doing and if everything looks ok. He had quite a few other reptiles, but said he works long hours. So maybe it was innocent and he didnt have time for them and didnt notice it, or maybe he was trying to get rid of them for that reason and played stupid. I'll never know, but I love her and shes not going back. I don't know anything about Fauna Classifieds, but I'll definitely check that out!

Friday is coming right up Hold onto good thoughts.

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Don't worry too much about the Baileys reptile posting. That animal was born with her organs outside. Yours appears to not only be a small hole, but she has lived with it for some time. She could not have done so with organs outside of her body. There shouldn't be any reason it can't be stitched either. The vet will have to remove some skin and scales (it will never close by simply stitching the skin together) so that it can bind together. So long as there isn't some off circumstance that prevents your vet from doing this procedure then it's likely that in a few weeks you won't be able to tell that it wasn't closed in the first place.

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Update!

http://i.imgur.com/nCRRoac.jpg

Well, not much to update on. The mouth issue is mouth rot, they found a small amount of pus on the inside that I didn't notice with the quick yawn she did. So that is what is going on with that. As for the belly button...

They referred us to an exotic specialist vet in NJ almost two hours away because it is a really rare case and they don't feel comfortable with the procedure to close it up. They said she can eat, but it definitely should be looked at by this other vet. So we called and just the visit to check it out will be $150, then they'll give a quote for the actual procedure, ugh. The appt is for April 10th. This should be a fun bill.

I was hoping they could get it all done today, BUT I'm glad were getting somewhere and treating the mouth issue.

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