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    I'll just add that I've kept BPs (all normals) previously & seen plenty of creased scales; I've also kept albino colubrids before & never seen any spots like these
    on them...so I dunno what these are.

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    Re: Under Scale Discoloration.

    Quote Originally Posted by Sammysnek View Post
    It is disturbing to see. My Super Mojave is my very first lighter pigment ball, I've had a darker BPs only. Her scales crease as well when she's curled for a long time, and the blotches move around depending on how she's curled in her hide. They seem to replicate exactly where her body was touching the hides. I'm actually experimenting with slightly bigger hides this week to see how she does.

    It sounds like your ball is doing great, but I'm no vet! Maybe make a call to be safe? Either way, happy herping!
    Keep us posted and if you can share a picture please do. Ive seen these marks in a couple threads over the years but the people never gave follow ups. I think i might have said in the original post that she had these appear during the fast, and they have not spread since. She had the original 3 and when I rub them the red disappears for a matter of seconds like a inflamed area or blood blister does on our body...
    let me know any changes yours has please and I’ll do the same.


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    Re: Under Scale Discoloration.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Marks like those you showed above don't appear to me to be anything like what I'd expect to see when a snake scrunches into a hide, etc. Color me unconvinced.
    Not so much scrunches, but they are more less like a capillary i break on my own body.. very strange, I can’t figure it out and she’s having no ill side affects nor are they spreading so IDK.


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    Re: Under Scale Discoloration.

    Quote Originally Posted by CALM Pythons View Post
    Not so much scrunches, but they are more less like a capillary i break on my own body.. very strange, I can’t figure it out and she’s having no ill side affects nor are they spreading so IDK.


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    Well some humans have a few petechiae without there being any apparent cause for concern, so maybe it's like that in snakes? Just happens...?

    As far as any dietary deficiency being the cause, I'm assuming you feed f/t...have you used the same source for a long time? It might be that they don't feed their
    rodents the "best" (complete) diet, resulting in feeders that lack a little something? But that's just pure speculation in case you feel like adding reptile vitamins.

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    Re: Under Scale Discoloration.

    Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
    Well some humans have a few petechiae without there being any apparent cause for concern, so maybe it's like that in snakes? Just happens...?

    As far as any dietary deficiency being the cause, I'm assuming you feed f/t...have you used the same source for a long time? It might be that they don't feed their
    rodents the "best" (complete) diet, resulting in feeders that lack a little something? But that's just pure speculation in case you feel like adding reptile vitamins.
    I breed ASF’s & Rats... feed Mazuri Rodent and they snack on my left overs


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    Re: Under Scale Discoloration.

    Quote Originally Posted by CALM Pythons View Post
    I breed ASF’s & Rats... feed Mazuri Rodent and they snack on my left overs


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    Doesn't sound like that's the issue then... (I raise my own rodents too, it was just a thought, I didn't know if you did too.)

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