VPI blood "female"...not so much????

I've been in contact with Tracy the last few days myself, for a different matter, and given the kindness she's shown me I'm sure that if a mixup's been made they'll make it right. I've had my head buried in the sand or something this last year, I can't believe I hadn't dealt with them yet. Definite asset to the hobby.

Still one gorgeous snake though!

In regards to the lip issue -- take a real close look at it. Last weekend my boa struck at the glass front of his cage during feeding time and came away looking just like that. I pulled him out to take a closer look a couple days later after he had calmed down and it turned out that one of his teeth had actually pierced his lip and was caught on it.

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Originally Posted by m00kfu

In regards to the lip issue -- take a real close look at it. Last weekend my boa struck at the glass front of his cage during feeding time and came away looking just like that. I pulled him out to take a closer look a couple days later after he had calmed down and it turned out that one of his teeth had actually pierced his lip and was caught on it.

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Yup, it wasn't very obvious either! We were'nt completely sure if that was it, but once I grabbed his lip with some stats and pulled it up and backwards to try and get it off the tooth, it came right off and was neatly fixed.

Thanks guys, I'll have to get a closer look at that lip.
We managed to get "her" in a snake bag and I was able to get a pretty good look and open up the mouth with a probe. It wasn't apparent to me that there was a tooth stuck on anything but she did start getting a little stressed - urinated and that's when I saw the "penes" so I'll give her a little breather and check back to see if I missed anything the first time.

Best of luck with your new snake! I think the lip issue will "fix" itself. I wonder if they sent you the wrong snake. VPI will make it right.

get a male of the same age and pop it....