Is my snake ok?

[Shaun J]

my snake has a reddish-purplish line goin down its underside clos to the tail.is this a problem?my temps are 88 through the day and 80 4 night.he is a newborn and has never shed.he ate a week ago.Please help.

here is a pic



I I I
I I I
I I I
I______________ I____ __________ I
This is the tail.The I's in the middle are the line i am talkin about

[Super_Smash]

well.... the only thing I can think of is scale rot/burns... but that usually isnt purple. does it look like a burn??? what kind of substrate are you using, and do you have something preventing the snake from touching the heating pad??? a real pic would be more helpful...

[Shaun J]

repti-bark substrate
yea i have something preventing direct heat

[Super_Smash]

how bout a pic? to see what it really looks like?

[Smulkin]

Need a pic - might be the omphalos (like our belly button) from where he was conencted to the yolk sac in the egg (would look like a slit running lengthwise on the ventral bout 1/4 way up from the tail). Def give us a pic or hit the vet to make sure though.

[Super_Smash]

ooooohhhh smulkin knows a lot more than me...

[Smulkin]

Assuming it looks like what I am thinking - our first blood, Kali had similar and it worried me sick until Kara and some other folks helped me ID it for what it was. Still without a pic we're left with nothing to go on but wild conjecture.

[Shaun J]

no pic sry.it looks like scale coloration with a pink outline.