HELP Wtf?!?!

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WHAT is on his NOSE? *whimpers scared she did something wrong

well...it looks like she is in shed.

Looks like he's just roughed up the skin on his nose so that he can shed. No worries. :)

Thats all? whew
ive never seen one shed so i got frightened. i guess im stupid but i notice changed in his looks and stuff like hes basking more, now that the humidity is up

am i dumb or just potective lol

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Originally Posted by Sausage

Looks like he's just roughed up the skin on his nose so that he can shed. No worries. :)

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Not true if you notice his eyes they look cloudy still.It looks like he is rubbing his nose on something say like a screen lid.If the enclosure does not have a screen lid or such check it and find what he is rubbing his nose on.It could turn into a open wound or such.

Not entierly True man. I've noticed that happen to some of my AfRocks and Ball Pythons here and there. They're all in AP cages, or racks, so not much to rub on.

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Originally Posted by AndrewH

Not entierly True man. I've noticed that happen to some of my AfRocks and Ball Pythons here and there. They're all in AP cages, or racks, so not much to rub on.

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Ok i just never seen any of them get that way without rubbing on something ruff or such.I guess if they rub it hard enough it happens without something causing it :P .

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Not true if you notice his eyes they look cloudy still.It looks like he is rubbing his nose on something say like a screen lid.If the enclosure does not have a screen lid or such check it and find what he is rubbing his nose on.It could turn into a open wound or such.

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Sometimes my female will start rubbing her nose while she's in blue, usually the day before she clears up, then she sheds that night/next day. It doesn't happen all of the time though. Maybe he's just impatient and wants to get that skin off now :8:

I'm curious as to what exactly causes it, but it isn't rubbing from what I know.

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Originally Posted by joepythons

Ok i just never seen any of them get that way without rubbing on something ruff or such.I guess if they rub it hard enough it happens without something causing it :P .

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What is your humidity? When mine go into shed, I bump it up to a firm 80% minimum and keep it there.. have not had a broken nor stuck shed on mine in months.

i have a screen lid but he seems to not wanna move like hes uncomfortable


im keepin the humidity as high as i can but it keeps going back down

lol. yeah, one time i saw floyd pressing his nose into the floor over and over and started freaking out cuz i thought he had some kind of neurological problem or something. then i looked closer and saw a little bunched up skin on his nose like that! lol

i felt like crying when i saw it i was like OH NOES and i picked him up and cuddled him

he was cranky

well i would be to if some one picked me up while i was pretty much blind. i would leave him alone while he's in blue and till he sheds, they can be very stressed cause they can't see so well and might give you a defensive strike. but thats just what i would do.

and if you want a good shed i would keep the humidity up to 80% and do everything ya could to make it stay up there, either misting alot, bigger waterbowl, humidifier, whatever.

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Originally Posted by JeriBeri

i picked him up and cuddled him

he was cranky

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he is cranky because he is in shed.

I typically do not handle my snakes while they are in shed.

they are very defensive and may strike.

since they are pretty much blind while in shed handling can cause a lot of unnecessary stress.

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Just to mention, if you think something is wrong with your snake, picking it up to cuddle it will not make the snake feel better. If something IS wrong you'll just stress it out.
He's probaly just getting ready to shed like everyone else has already said. Good eye for spotting a potential issue early!
Wolfy

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Originally Posted by JeriBeri

i have a screen lid but he seems to not wanna move like hes uncomfortable

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I do beleive we found your cause of his face problem ;) .Well from how it looks it more then likely hurts and moving around could hurt more.