whats wrong with my ball python???

i dont know how to post pics so i made a video please watch it idk what wrong and if i should take him to a vet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeLk...eature=channel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eeLk...eature=channel


Oh and sorry, I don't know the answer. Someone will though.

Brown usually indicates an Old burn healing, and or beginning of Scale Rot.

need clean pics for sure

Couldn't tell anything from that video.

Pictures in good light would be better.

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Poor guy :( Was he popped or probed recently?

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

Poor guy :( Was he popped or probed recently?

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Yes according to the video. however he does not mention when.

The brown is not from a Sexing accident at all.


Its a skin problem that i would suggest a vet take a look at

The snake also looks to be constipated a bit. As the cloaca is swollen a bit wheres the tail is skinny

This is just a wild guess, I've never seen it in snakes, but I have in lizards, a fecal burn. Where they drag their tails through crap, and it becomes stuck between the scales where the acids and bacteria start to inflame then infect the tissue.
I lost a Uromastyx to this about 14 years ago after the injury went septic.

I was also thinking maybe feces if the snake is close to shed and it got stuck between the layers of skin.

Also could be a burn or rot of some kind.

Either way, it needs looked at ASAP.

he was poped about 2 days ago and i got him 2 days ago. he hasnt pooped so idk if hes constipated.i personaly think its bruising from being poped but if it doesnt heal in the next couple of days im going to the vet.

I would create a dustless sterile environment asap (like now)
- change any loose substrate with a sheet paper type ( paper towels or news paper)
- remove any decorations, only leaving 2 hides
- change the water dish with something smaller, able to drink from but not soak in.

- maintain heat/humidity standards

Get to a vet asap, after last reply I'm guessing bad sexing.
Was he probed as well?

If that's a bruise, NEVER let the guy who did that pop one of your snakes again...that's horrible. It does look like an infection to me, but if he didn't have it before being popped, it could be a bruise, yes.
You should also tell the guy who did it that he bruised the snake, and show him the pics.

I was not aware that snakes could show visible bruising.

It's true, you really can learn something new every day!