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Hey, sorry if this post belongs somewhere else. I'm new to the forums, but I'm a little stumped here.
My ball python is a little over 2 years old and weighs a little over 400 grams. She's got a wonderful temperature gradient, good humidity, and is in general a very happy snake. She's never gone off of feed, and has only had one bad stress induced shed when we moved out of state.
Recently I upped her food size from adult mice to small rats which she takes with no problems.
Lately I've been noticing strange bits of swollen skin around her lips. Her jaw closes fine, and it doesn't seem to bother her, but it worries me.
I took her to the vet to get her looked at and he gave her two weeks of antibiotics just in case it was mouth rot or an infection of some sort, but they did nothing. The inside of her mouth has been pink and healthy since before treatment and in the weeks after. I check every day.
Do you think she's maybe stretched her mouth too far over the larger prey items and hurt her mouth? Maybe hurt some scales? It doesn't seem like scale rot, as her hides are dry unless she's going into shed and I convert one of them into a humid hide.
The vet really seems to have no idea and its looking like I'm going to have to get a new one. Either way, this is my sweetest girl and I want her taken care of at any expense.
What should I do?
(Also in the pics I've uploaded, I'm not hurting her, just holding her steady. She doesn't like the camera, lol.)
http://ball-pythons.net/gallery/show...mageuser=58315
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