I guess I should start by saying that I suspect this is chin rub considering the photos show actual scratches, but I just want to be sure it isn't something worse. I found a thread where someone thought their bp just had chin rub but it turned out to be mouth rot. I really don't want a nasty surprise like that.

I recently moved most of my snakes (her included) into a new AP rack. I didn't move their hides, and they've been using the newspaper instead. They are in 41 quart Sterilites now, and their old tubs were marginally larger by a couple inches.

I have not fed them since moving them into the rack, and these wounds weren't there before so it could not have been prey.





I would need three hands to open her mouth and shoot a photo at the same time, so this is the best I could do. Her mouth is a uniform pink color, same as always.


Is this cause for worry? I've put neosporin (no pain killer) on it and given her back one of her hides. She's been in it ever since I put it back. Problem solved? I just think it's weird her nose is fine, but the chin is all messed up... And there are no sharp edges in the tub, so I don't even know how those finer cuts could happen. But if it is chin rub, I guess she had to have found a way.

Oh and a note: her jaws normally align perfectly, but she was struggling to get away which gives the appearance that she's deformed in these photos lol. Nothing to worry about there.

Sorry for writing a book x__x. I just worry...