Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

I spoke to a local reptile expert, who just opened a reptile zoo in my town, and keeps everything from cobras to milk snakes, about Behira's shedding and door striking.

He laughed about the door striking. He says some animals just do it. He said he has 12+ Foot retics who still do it, and a handful of other snakes too. He liked the drape idea to keep her from striking at any movement, but kind of said she might grow out of it, or not. I am optimistic since Feliz used to do that and hasn't in a few months, but who knows.

Regarding the frequent sheds, he said he dealt with it several times over his years of keeping reptiles. He said 9/10 it's a skin irritation or infection. He said he just dealt with it with his spitting cobra (which he said was not too fun giving medicine too). In that case, it wasn't getting better. He said that since Behira is improving, and dramatically, let her be. However, if she stops eating or it regresses to take swab anywhere on the skin and send it in for bacterial and fungal infections.

The consensus was she's pounding food and the sheds are getting farther and farther apart, therefore she's beating whatever was ailing her. He did recommend another vet closer to me if I wanted to get a second opinion.

For now, she seems so healthy, pounding food, growing, and the sheds are getting farther apart. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If anything changes though, you all know I will be on top of that.