Is this a scar? Is it something I should take care of?

[Trey Yeoman]

I was holding my Queen Elizabeth today... and was inspecting her, as I do when I hold her, for signs of sickness or shedding or anything off... just because I am that kind of mommy... and I noticed something... on the lower half of her underbelly... towards her tail... to my, untrained, eyes it looks like a scar of some sort... perhaps from a live something she was fed at the reptile store I got her from? Because I feed her frozen... but I got her... after her being alive for a few months... and they had been feeding her live... or... is it something I caused... anyone have any idea?

[redstormlax12]

Just looks like a scar that she has had for awhile. Nothing to worry about. Its always better to be safe than sorry though. So good job noticing that something was off.

[Jeo123]

It's possible it may heal itself over the course of a few sheds. My girl had what looked like a deep scratch(not to the point of drawing blood though) on her underbelly when I first got her. It took 3 sheds, but it's all healed up now. Of course I mentioned it to the vet when i noticed it, but he said since it wasn't bleeding, there was no real cause for concern, and sure enough he was right.

I'd keep an eye on it, but it's probably nothing.

[steveboos]

You can barely even see it, no worries at all. I've seen ball pythons completely slice their eye open, only to have it completely healed in about 10 sheds. Snakes are amazing in the way they can heal themselves up over time. You should see the chew marks/burn scars on one of my rescues, looks terrible, yet he is my best eater, BY FAR.