Bumble Bee with red tint

Hello all, I have never cared for a Bumble Bee before but I rescued one about three weeks ago. He has been fine except today I noticed a red tint on top of his head and heat sensors. This doesn't look like blood so I don't think he was slamming his tub nor did it look puffy like inflaming; just a red tint. Now a few hours later, he is soaking and seems to have a red tint all over his body? I have never seen this; could it possibly be a shedding sign for this particular type of morph? Thanks for your time and consideration.

Can you provide pictures??

Can you post any pictures? But a pinkish hue is usually a sign of a shed.

Going into shed...

Thanks everyone for the comments. I will try and post some pics later on just to verify the shed. :)

Hello all,

Here are the pictures, the camera doesn't show the red tint as well as in person but you should be able to see some red. Thanks again for the communities help.
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Is the heat source regulated by anything? That looks like irritation to me, not like the typical "pink" of impending shed...

I agree. Doesn't look like shed. And the fact that she's soaking leads me to believe she's too hot. What are your temps, and how are they controlled?

No, absolutely no heat source. Like I said I Just got him. I also just got in a herpstat4 and flex watt which was installed today right before pictures were taken. Before the heat tape he was kept in my bathroom were the heat is a general 80-85 degrees with 80-85 humidity because there is no window. It works fine for a temporary holding area for new snakes but not permanent because we had to keep moving him around. We are happy with our new heating system and think it will work well now that it is installed correctly. Had trouble with the connectors but all good. Long story short no pink because of heat.

Well, you got me then...that looks very similar to the beginnings of a burn or some kind of infection. From the pictures it looks like he's on clean newspaper. Could it have been from the previous owner?

What makes you guys think it's a burn? Seems like all my snakes with large areas of white turn pink like that before shed. :confusd: My Lesserbee looks like a stick of bubblegum before he sheds...

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Originally Posted by sho220

What makes you guys think it's a burn? Seems like all my snakes with large areas of white turn pink like that before shed. :confusd: My Lesserbee looks like a stick of bubblegum before he sheds...

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Mine have never gotten that pink and splotchy. Maybe it's the photos. Even my high white spider gets a very subtle and consistent pink tinge before shedding. Who knows, maybe each snake is different, but mine have never looked like that, even back when I used to over analyze everything :rolleyes:

That and the soaking, my first thought was burn.

He does have a scar from a previous owner, we got him on Craigslist so don't know how many owners he has had. He is a bit skittish so we think we might have been burned by a heat rock some time in his past put it is an old scar. Since we got him he has been eating well and acting normal, well as normal as any ball python with a spider gene but normal enough. This is a new thing we have never seen but like I stated we have never cared for this type of morph with yellow coloring. Thanks again for everyone's help and comments

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Originally Posted by sho220

What makes you guys think it's a burn? Seems like all my snakes with large areas of white turn pink like that before shed. :confusd: My Lesserbee looks like a stick of bubblegum before he sheds...

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Sho220, I sure hope you are right, I feel confident that you are correct and that it is a shed; we just wanted confirmation from the pros :). Thanks again for all your help. We can sleep peacefully tonight knowing our boy is just fine. If there is any new news we will share and post.

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Originally Posted by LGray23

Mine have never gotten that pink and splotchy. Maybe it's the photos. Even my high white spider gets a very subtle and consistent pink tinge before shedding. Who knows, maybe each snake is different, but mine have never looked like that, even back when I used to over analyze everything :rolleyes:

That and the soaking, my first thought was burn.

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Mine have definitely gotten that pink, but maybe not that splotchy. Can't tell if it's just the pic or how the snake was laying before the pic was taken...soaking can go either way...a burn or going into shed...

Ball Pythons...:rolleye2: lol...

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Originally Posted by sho220

What makes you guys think it's a burn? Seems like all my snakes with large areas of white turn pink like that before shed. :confusd: My Lesserbee looks like a stick of bubblegum before he sheds...

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My bee gets pink. But it's uniform. Not splotchy. Maybe that is just that particular snake?

I'll jump on the opposite end of the bandwagon and say that my lesser gets random pink spots all over her before shedding. At first I thought burn, and freaked out with trying to figure out how, but it slowly took over her whole belly and she went into shed. I suppose since you don't know the snake, wait and see if it goes away, she sheds, or if it continues without a shed - if it's the latter, its probably burns from a previous owner

ETA: I would also give her a bigger water source to help make her more comfortable in the meantime, since she obviously shows interest in soaking

based on the pictures, everything looks fine to me, but im no expert.

bad stuff (burn, injury, scale rot) all looks much more localized.

its hard to see anything wrong in the pictures. with some imagination, i can make out some small faintly pinkish areas in the belly picture. but thats not bad, thats what happens when they get bored, climb a branch, move their hide, try to tip their water bowl, redecorate, try to escape, and so on. just the usual wear and tear caused by natural BP behavior that will be fixed by the natural shedding process.

My bumble bee gets pink splotches when he starts his shed cycle. The next day his whole body will be pink. I freaked out once because I thought it was a burn too because it looked so weird but that's why his name is Bubo. He's a weird snake. Definitely think yours is ready for a good ole' shed [emoji4]


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