Help, python in danger!! :(

Ive had my python for a long time, havent had a single health issue or problem but now ive noticed 5 or 6 small brown crusty marks near the tail end, it seems to come from between the scales. What should i do? What is it? And what is it from? Please help :(

can it spread? I have a baby ball in the tank also but i moved to another, the baby looks fine.

One is turning a yellow-orange color.

well im not sure. but the one thiong i know and that youll will always hear is never house more than one snake in a cage, unless youre breeding them.

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Originally Posted by mathieuryan

Ive had my python for a long time, havent had a single health issue or problem but now ive noticed 5 or 6 small brown crusty marks near the tail end, it seems to come from between the scales. What should i do? What is it? And what is it from? Please help :(

can it spread? I have a baby ball in the tank also but i moved to another, the baby looks fine.

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Can you get us pics to look at, it is really hard to give you an idea just by desciption alone.

i just washed him in some warm water and cleaned him up a bit. When i pulled him out of thw water he wrapped around my arm pretty tightly and pooped about 8 pieces about the size of a quarter each around. with tons of liquids. Luckly there was a towel below me. Also some blood came out, barely enough to notice. Im very nervious could he have the flu? / sickness.

I would take him to the vet.
Good luck;)

It does sound like a vet visit is in order, also, take some of the fecal matter with you for evaluation by your vet.

Definitely get him to a vet with experience in reptiles ASAP. If you need to know about exotic vets in your area, try http://www.herpvetconnection.com/

Hes some pictures, bad quality sorry it was hard to zoom in. Plus i adde the droppings, its not to pretty, but if someone could take a look and let me know if thats normal, hes never done it this much before.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/...e/DSCF0838.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/...e/DSCF0840.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y4/...e/DSCF0833.jpg

thanks alot for the help,

Does your camera have a macro function? (Usually looks like a button with a flower icon next to it) If it does, turn that on, zoom all the way out, and take a picture with the camera close to the snake - should turn out much sharper.

Maybe he got stuck in between two things in his cage? Looks like either some sort of cut or abrasion to me. I would definately not keep more than one snake per cage unless it's breeding time.

Could it be one was trying to eat the other. Or maybe self defense , just like they would bite us , I guess they would bite each other . We need better pic's. Did these marking's pop up over night?

they didnt appear over night, and no they dont attack each other. I have a 4 foot ball and a 2 foot ball, the large ball sneaks into the 2 ft balls tank, i have no idea how, ive never seen it but they dont fight and always wrap up together. Sorry about the pictures, there just crusty brown growths from under the scales. Ill try again to get some better pictures

when they wrap together it usually means the bigger one is asserting dominence over the smaller one.

and if the 4 foot ball is getting out into the 2 foot balls cage then you need to get better security for you 4 foot balls cage. what do you keep the 4 foot in and the 2 foot in and how do you keep lids on???

no the little ball lays ontop of the larger ball. ill get a picture and show you, its cute.

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Originally Posted by mathieuryan

the large ball sneaks into the 2 ft balls tank, i have no idea how

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Well isn't that something. :gj:

-adam

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no the little ball lays ontop of the larger ball. ill get a picture and show you, its cute.

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Cute and dangerous can sometimes be the same thing.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...dDangerous.jpg

Awww...look they are playing!;) :twisted:

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

Well isn't that something. :gj:

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Normally I would just sit here and laugh and spit soda all over my screen... but it may be from sleep deprevation, I just had to say..... ROFLMAO!!!!