Scars

So with all of the questions on what scars look like, here are a couple from my collection.

I do not have any that are "white", but here are the typical scars that you would see after healing..

This is a female who managed to wedge herself into a waterbowl hole and get stuck...

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/P1050536.jpg

This is a severe rat bite that came to me as a rescue... She has healed up nicely.

The scar is basically black.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...s/P1050537.jpg

You can see the differences in color, etc..

Not morphs by any means!

Just damage that has healed differently than originally.

If anyone has any white scale scars to share, please feel free. From what I have noticed, they are usually either fresh wounds, or very deep wounds...

im glad that there dong better!

Thought I would share some!

Unknown healed scar on top of male BPs head

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...S/DSC04107.jpg

Scar in the process of healing from a Baytril burn (on a RTB)

http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...e/DSC08233.jpg

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Originally Posted by LadyOhh

If anyone has any white scale scars to share, please feel free. From what I have noticed, they are usually either fresh wounds, or very deep wounds...

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Heather,
I have a female that I aquired from a friend that came to me with white scars. When I get home this evening, I'll get some pics and post them up. I can say that they don't affect breeding, as I have got eggs from her for the last 2 years, and produced some nice Spiders and Spotnoses from her. I also have a female that came to me with what appears to be a scar from an old burn, very near her tail, and I have got clutched from her for 3 years running.

I'll post up some pics this evening of white scars.

As promised, here is a pic of a white scar. I hope this helps with your thread Heather, and anyone reading it for some great info.

http://www.baileyreptiles.com/pics/whitescar.jpg

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You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to LadyOhh again.

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Great idea for a thread, Heather! Newbies ask about scars all the time and don't really know what to expect

I saw this thread and decided to post this photo to get your opinions. I purchased a group of normal females from one of the "large breeders" and one of them has this white patch. I always assumed that it was a scar. What do you all think?

http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/b...DSC_0227-2.jpg

My first bp Goliath came to me with several scars along his dorsal. The previous owner said he acquired him that way as well. You can see scarring also along the back between the spots in the second and third pictures. Scars run sporadically down his back, but goes nearly entire length of his body.

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...h/100_1464.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...h/100_1465.jpg

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l7...h/100_1466.jpg

Hey great thread! I've always wondered what they looked like!

My normal female just shed yesterday and she had removed a few scales on the top of her head from something in hher enclosure (or so i assume) and she now has a white line where they were. I'm assuming white means fresh.

Hi,

My male has lots of scarring including some huge white spots where the scales are deformed really badly.

Once he shed's I'll take some pictures.


dr del

Hi,

Boy was he in a bad mood. :rolleyes:

OK now when we got this guy handed into the shop we were told he had wrapped himself around the heat bulb. This guy is the reason I seem so paranoid about gaurds - I know it happens and I know how much damage it can do.

First one of his least bad scars (you can't really call them good can you?) ;

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/blackscar1.JPG

And now here are the really bad white scars with the deformed scales;

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/whitescar1.JPG

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/whitescar2.JPG

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/whitescar3.JPG

Now here's something I haven't heard anyone mention so I thought I'd ask if anyone with bad scarring has ever seen it.

When he is in a shed cycle the skin around his scars fills with liquid like a baloon under the surface - this liquid can be moved around with your finger and doesn't seem to bother him at all. :confused:

It will go away typically a couple of days after the actual shed (this picture was taken within an hour of him shedding - hence his mood). It is as though the skin isn't really attatched at the scars or just has a pocket behind it. Any feedback?

Sorry for the focus it's awkward to hold him like that when he's shooglin;

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/blister1.JPG

Here is another oddity - I took the following picture to show the old bite marks (I assume?) on his neck and then noticed the patch of four scales on his head that have completely changed colour with this shed!! :O

You can also see some "missing" scales that should come back with the next shed.

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/...ngedscales.JPG

And here is an old picture of his head showing that those scales used to be a more normal brown colour.

http://satanswombat.googlepages.com/eyesnoseandscar.JPG

All in all this little guy had a very hard start in life I think. :(

Hope this helps someone.


dr del

Here's my worst. I got this girl from a pet store Sept 03 with scale rot and wounds and she was very thin. She was treated for parasites, the wounds were treated, but she had to be tube fed for months and it was over a year before she started eating on her own. She seems to be pretty healthy now.

Here's a body shot and close-ups of SOME of the scars...

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008e.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008a.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008b.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008c.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008d.jpg

Here are some shots of Oakley healing up after his mysterious injury.

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...6/100_1581.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/gallery/fil...6/100_1577.jpg

They are both white.

I know this is in the BP section but I wanted to post a pic of some of my corn's scars from when he got scale rot. I figure it must be pretty common for people to adopt snakes who have scars from past scale rot, so this may be helpful.

The white spots are missing scales that will fill in eventually; you can see a dark area between his second and third "motley circle" which is where a patch of scale rot used to be.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v3...8/jakescar.jpg

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Originally Posted by aahmn

Here's my worst. I got this girl from a pet store Sept 03 with scale rot and wounds and she was very thin. She was treated for parasites, the wounds were treated, but she had to be tube fed for months and it was over a year before she started eating on her own. She seems to be pretty healthy now.

Here's a body shot and close-ups of SOME of the scars...

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008e.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008a.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008b.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008c.jpg

http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/apelila...car073008d.jpg

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:O boy is she lucky to have been taken in by you ;) :gj: looks like shes been thru the ringer.