A couple of dinkers....

[Turbo Serpent]

i'm not. she's healed well, the scarring isn't tough and rigid, and she is growing (sorry for lack of size comparison shot). it'll be a year and a half before she breed. just like any kids, scars won't keep them from growing :p.

now, if she'd shown any signs of internal damage (which would have probably resulted in death long before i got to her), it'd be a different story. as the burns are superficial, i highly doubt it will present a problem for future breeding.

I more or less think she was trying to get at the fact that scar tissue doesn't expand the same way normal tissue does, so were she to become gravid her mid section wouldn't be able to expand as normally or as easily and could cause her further distress and/or complications.

I honestly don't see the pastel in her either. But nonetheless she is very thankful for your rescuing of her that is for sure!

[Ben Biscy]

I more or less think she was trying to get at the fact that scar tissue doesn't expand the same way normal tissue does, so were she to become gravid her mid section wouldn't be able to expand as normally or as easily and could cause her further distress and/or complications.

I honestly don't see the pastel in her either. But nonetheless she is very thankful for your rescuing of her that is for sure!

i understand that part, but as i said; all children grow through their scars. she's young and small, and will be healing more and more with every shed. by the time she's 3' longer, the scars will be spotty and spacey, and will not resemble the horrible marks that they are now. just like when you burn yourself on the oven, it leaves a mark, a nasty scar at first, and a year later it's hardly noticeable..... this will always be noticeable, but will also continue to heal. the scars stretch for feeding, after all...

thank you for posting! i'm glad she's out of hexx too!!




here's a question; if she's not a pastel, what IS she? obviously WAY too yellow and bright to be a normal, and the pattern is a jungle type... pictured against normals it almost looks like another breed o.0.

[Ben Biscy]

scar tissue doesn't expand the same way normal tissue does, so were she to become gravid her mid section wouldn't be able to expand as normally or as easily and could cause her further distress and/or complications.

just a side note; don't tell that to mothers with stretch marks planning to have another child .

[rabernet]

just a side note; don't tell that to mothers with stretch marks planning to have another child .

Stretch marks aren't scars, and comparing the scales and elasticity of a snake skin to a child is not comparing apples to apples.

If it were me, I would get a vet opinion when she's breeding weight before considering breeding her.

[Ben Biscy]

Stretch marks aren't scars, and comparing the scales and elasticity of a snake skin to a child is not comparing apples to apples.

If it were me, I would get a vet opinion when she's breeding weight before considering breeding her.

scales aren't the only part of a snake's skin, rather the "feathers", if you will... snakes are able to consume items larger than their girth, and their skin has evolved to be very elastic. when a snake eats a large meal, you can see the skin in between scales. breeding is similar, but possibly, if not probably less taxing on how much stretching is done.

skin scars rarely present a problem for something like that. if they did, most burned snakes would die of starvation. i'm not being cynical, just truthful. i really don't believe there will be a problem breeding this snake after it grows to be 10x larger than it is now. i wouldn't be planning to breed this season, as she won't be anywhere close to proper size by then.

i appreciate the concern, but a year and a half is a long time. you might be surprised of how well things heal and adapt. nature is a wonderful and mysterious thing . i have an adopted dog who had a severely broken leg that could not be fixed by veterinary care. their opinion was to severe the leg.

we splinted the dog, checked her twice daily, and 6 weeks later she was running on all four's!

animals will shock you when it comes to resilience and the ability to bounce back from impossible odds .

[aahmn]

here's a question; if she's not a pastel, what IS she? obviously WAY too yellow and bright to be a normal, and the pattern is a jungle type... pictured against normals it almost looks like another breed o.0.

Normals vary a LOT! She's not too bright to be a normal by any means. She has a nice pattern that reminds me of a pastel, but I've seen other normals (and had one) with the same kind of pattern. The stress may have affected her coloration also. I had a female that lost a lot of her yellow in a shed after switching her to a different rack - she looked axanthic and the brown areas were very light. After a few more sheds, she was back to normal. I know some other people have had this happen, too. Regardless, she is a pretty snake.

Is the second snake a rescue, too?

[Ben Biscy]

Is the second snake a rescue, too?

the second is a recent addition. as she was bundled loose in a box with 15 or so others, i'd have to say yes.

[bloodpython_MA]

that first female reminds me of my male that i have here. except he has a white comming up the sides(like whited out belly) and a black back.