pics of my normal baby ball and question!

[Justin Hatton]

here is my new baby ball python...can anyone tell me if the circled and arrowed part of her belly in the 2 pics are a belly button?...or maybe where the umbilical cord was

http://s1089.photobucket.com/albums/i344/pseshooter09/

whe is aproximately1-2 months old.

[mues155]

Yes thats a "belly button" per say.
That is where the yolk was being fed into the body. A BP wouldnt have an umbilical cord
Cute little BP congrats!

[Justin Hatton]

Ok thanks...that makes me geel alot better...i was worried it was scale rot...this is my first so I was real worried

[Cohazard]

That's a good lookin littel bp, I like it's dorsal spotting

Have you fed it for the first time yet?

[Justin Hatton]

I bought it last tuesday...i made sure to watch it eat at the store before buying it...im gonna try to start on pinky rats instead of mice this tuesday...i heard its healthier and will make her put on some weight

[Kymberli]

Yes thats a "belly button" per say.
That is where the yolk was being fed into the body. A BP wouldnt have an umbilical cord
Cute little BP congrats!

I understand that the term "umbilical cord" is typically used in reference to placental mammals, but the cord that attaches the snake's abdomen to the yolk is also commonly referred to as the umbilical cord. The umbilical cord is used to absorb the yolk through the umbilicus. Though, the umbilicus ("belly button") cannot be seen in older, healthy Ball Pythons because of growing the ventral scales.

I may be corrected if I am wrong, but this is what I have come to understand thus far and am just interested in some clarification.

Here are some threads/blog entries that refer to the Ball Python's umbilical cord.
(Graphic picture warning in the first link)
http://www.worldofballpythons.com/bl...w-belly-freak/
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...y-Ball-Python.
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...umbilical-cord

[Lferg]

My little girl has this also. I was told she was a 2010 hatch but the shop wasn't 100% on that. So does that mean she's younger? She's only 78 grams. Sorry for the thread jack