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  • 11-10-2014, 04:41 PM
    BartW
    Going into shed.. But shows a cut on the belly.. laying in water.. Help
    The eyes of my BP turned white/blue-ish. Which would mean he is going in shed if I read it right.

    So I wanted to check if his belly was pink, like discribed by so many.
    When checking his belly I found a small cut right in the middle of his belly, on 2/3rd of his body. It looks like it is already healing, because when I examine it closer there is already some white 'dreads' closing the wound.

    On the other hand he keeps going into his water supply all the sudden. Then stays there for 30 minutes and goes back into his hide. After a few hours I spot him inside the water again.

    Does the cut and laying in the water have anything to do with shedding or should I be worried :S
  • 11-10-2014, 04:50 PM
    PitOnTheProwl
    Think you could post a couple pictures of the cut you are looking at?
    How old is the snake?
  • 11-10-2014, 05:15 PM
    BartW
    I'll make some photo's now.
    He is about 4/5 weeks old at the moment.
  • 11-10-2014, 05:38 PM
    PitOnTheProwl
    Small insision about 1/3 up from the tail?
  • 11-10-2014, 05:45 PM
    BartW
    Re: Going into shed.. But shows a cut on the belly.. laying in water.. Help
  • 11-10-2014, 05:51 PM
    PitOnTheProwl
    Im on my phone so the pics are not that great.
    If its weeks old and 1/3 of the way up....... Belly button :gj:
  • 11-10-2014, 05:57 PM
    BartW
    Allright, thank you! Started to worry as I did not notice it a few days ago and he is my first snake.

    I'm right about him going into shed? (Correct me if I am wrong and sorry for questions that may be obvious, want to be sure )
  • 11-10-2014, 05:58 PM
    Velrys
    Hey, no need for concern that is where the umbilicus attached to the yolk while your snake was inside the egg.

    Also, you are correct, looks like hes going into shed.

    How long have you been noticing the soaking behavior? It is typical for a snake to soak going into a shed so probably no need for concern there either (though he might spend less time in the water if you up the humidity of the enclosure). And short periods of soaking is what you want too, if your BP is sitting in water all day long then you start to look for problems. That being said, take a look at the temps make sure their solid but its probably just the shed.
  • 11-10-2014, 06:05 PM
    BartW
    Well he does soak in his water every once in a while, but does not lay in it for more then 20-230 minutes.
    Then he does go back in his hide.

    Since I already thought he was going into shed I did spray water.

    He does the soaking since yesterday evening, so that's why I checked if he was alright.

    I will get my tstat and hygrometer/thermometer wednesday so I do not know the exact numbers right now :S
  • 11-10-2014, 06:15 PM
    PitOnTheProwl
    I hope I didnt miss something and you are noy running an UTH without regulation?!?!?!
    The soaking is probably because your humidity might be a little low.
  • 11-10-2014, 06:42 PM
    BartW
    Yes I am running an uth without tstat at the moment but I was already told to get one so I directly ordered one.

    Bought a thermometer and a dim switch so I can at least keep the temparature right until I get the tstat and thermometer/hygrometer.

    It says 89F inside his hide and 79f on the cool side at the moment.
  • 11-23-2014, 03:42 AM
    jadab123
    Re: Going into shed.. But shows a cut on the belly.. laying in water.. Help
    So glad I stumbled on this thread! I had noticed a very similar cut on my ball python today and the pictures from the OP look almost exactly like the one on my 7 week old ball python. Good to know it's just from the umbilical! I have been trying to keep the humidity up because mine is also "in blue" and was worried that I'd upped the humidity TOO much and she was showing the beginnings of scale rot! Everything else on her looks fantastic though so this thread definitely eases my worries :). Gotta love being overprotective pet moms and dads haha! :p
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