The age old question: What's wrong with my BP's belly???

[threadgoode]

Hello all,
It's been a while since I've been back to BP.net! College/summer classes and personal health problems have been bringing me down lately. However, good news is my albino BP that I've posted about before has steadily been growing and is doing very well! I've learned a lot these past few months keeping her, and so it disheartens me that this new problem has arisen for her.

I've started keeping my BP on paper towels instead of the coco husk I usually use. It's been about 3 weeks. She's thriving-- eating well, her tank is always so much cleaner and easy to manage, humidity is great (with the occasional high spikes that I'm working on fixing), perfect sheds, all that.

What I noticed during handling today is her belly looked a bit pink. I have her UTH on a thermostat and monitor temps multiple times throughout the day. Her hot spot rarely, if ever, reaches 93. Ambient stays 79-81 I've since lowered her temps to 90 on the hotspot. She likes to spend a good amount on the cool side, usually going in her hot hide to digest meals and all that.

Her last shed was May 15, so about a month ago. She may be due since she's gained a bit of weight since then. I might be overthinking it, but any opinions on if this is just pink belly or belly burn would be much appreciated. If it is belly burn, should I lower temps further? Does switching from wood substrate to thin paper towel have anything to do with it? I've had back-and-forth doubts about her belly color before, under her neck area too (couldn't get many pics of that, she's squirmy. her neck has also always been a touch pink), but this time I feel it's more noticeable. Thanks in advance.

[Bogertophis]

She looks normal to me. When your snake is white or has very light coloration, it's pretty common to see some pinkish color showing through from their
blood circulation...I believe that may be what you're seeing. As snakes grow larger, the visible pinkness gradually disappears: I can remember many years
back getting my first albino snake, a California king snake hatchling. No thicker than a pen, her scales/skin was fairly translucent and she was quite pink
until she grew much larger...but eventually she appeared as white with yellow markings. Of course, if your snake is heading into another shed, that may
also make her ventral scales appear a little pinkish too.

[C.Marie]

Going into shed or what it looks like from your pictures? She has a pretty pink belly

[Craiga 01453]

Looks like an upcoming shed to me

[richardhind1972]

My albino boa goes really pink on his belly when he’s due a shed
And it’s been nearly 6weeks since his last she’s which is about right especially if you have upped his eating


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[richardhind1972]

My albino boa gets very pink on his belly when he is shed
If it’s been six weeks since the last shed then he’s probably due especially if you have upped his food


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[richardhind1972]

Sorry for the double post keeps coming up with error message that’s it’s unable to post as I’ve already posted in so many seconds, I’ll screen shot it next time


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[richardhind1972]

keeps doing this every time I post


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