Quote Originally Posted by Kaorte View Post
Do you have the two snakes housed together? That would explain the climbing on leaves and not eating. Sounds like the little one is stressed out.

I don't think you understood what I meant. Their belly scales and side scales are flexible and can lift up and catch on fabric and substrate and stuff.
Well, when you say housed together, do you mean same tank?
no, they are in separate tanks, in the same room, but separate enclosures.

The little one is a 6 month old baby girl, they 1.5 yr old is the male.

The female is eating once every 6 days, i finally got her on a regular eating cycle (wouldnt eat for 3 weeks when i first got her) but the male has no interest in food since bringing the female home.

the females scales are fine, however she did cut her belly in the first month, and it healed just fine.

what i understood from your first post i quoted was, when balls get older, their scales tend to just catch on to things, as i get.
but my question had to do with the fact that my male is still very young, and his scales seem flimsy as well.

could it be because he has not eaten, and may have shrank in size?
would his scales be overgrown for his body size now? and could that be the cause of what we are seeing?

thanks for your time, hope your enjoying the weekend