I've had her about four years, but I'm not sure of her actual age. She was given to me by someone who didn't want to take care of her anymore, and I had a snake before her who was at a rather 'intermediate' care level (I raised a Brazilian rainbow from a hatchling), so I took her in. I have never had a single issue with her, and even though I know ball pythons can have a stigma about being fussy eaters sometimes, she doesn't even do that. She's never bitten anyone (ever), has always been healthy, no problem.

So today I take her out of her cage and see this.. and I'm scared! I clean her cage out about once every two weeks. The bottom of the cage is little glass stones, and she has her tree to climb in which doubles as a hide, another hide, plus two water dishes (big and small) and a non-toxic plastic vine. Her cage is a tall open-air one, and I have the light up against one side of the screen, thus making two different temperature areas in the cage (despite it only having screens for walls).

The only other thing I guess I can tell you is that she's due for a shed soon.. her eyes are cloudy. But that's all. Nothing abnormal... except her poor scales =(

Can someone shed some light on this for me?