Hello, fellow Ball Python/Royal Python keepers!
I have a serious husbandry question, now before many of you tell me to look at previous posts about burns please understand that this is the first time my ball python has experienced one.
I arrived home from work today and did the daily care/inspection of my animals. I own two ball pythons, a year or so old female regular and a younger male bumblebee morph that I rescued a few weeks ago. I also own a gorgeous anaconda morph western hognose. While conducting my inspection I noticed a small burn area on my Female Ball Python. I was very distraught as I just combated a URI in my rescue male bumblebee, he is doing great now by the way. I have included some photos of my female along with a shot of the burn area, I do have heat regulators on all my UTH and both my ball pythons are housed in vision cages. My question is, the burn does not look major, and I have already taken care of the heating issue in the enclosure. What measures should I take next?
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Oh and I'm not sure I believe the burn may have been a result of a larger than usual meal, as she has now moved on to medium sized rats. I think she may have become too full to even move from her hide, maybe I am wrong.