**Ball Python Health Concern! Never seen this before!!**

[janett]

I was wondering what the vet had said about the discoloration around the mouth.

When I took her in to the vet, I asked her and she didn't say anything about it except that it was probably related to the bad shed that was going on around the neck/head area. Vet gave me some SSD cream. (Not sure what it stands for but she said I could also get it at walmart) and it seemed to go away as soon as she shedded again. She did shed 3 times that whole month that she was sick. So, im guessing they tend to shed more when they are sick/bad shed???

[Kara]

Vet gave me some SSD cream. (Not sure what it stands for but she said I could also get it at walmart) and it seemed to go away as soon as she shedded again. She did shed 3 times that whole month that she was sick. So, im guessing they tend to shed more when they are sick/bad shed???

SSD = silver sulfadiazine cream. It is an anti-bacterial/anti-fungal cream that is used to prevent subsequent infections on skin that is healing from burns & other trauma.

Snakes that have been exposed to dermal injury of some sort (cuts, burns, etc) will typically shed more frequently than uninjured specimens.

[janett]

SSD = silver sulfadiazine cream. It is an anti-bacterial/anti-fungal cream that is used to prevent subsequent infections on skin that is healing from burns & other trauma.

Snakes that have been exposed to dermal injury of some sort (cuts, burns, etc) will typically shed more frequently than uninjured specimens.

Wow, you are too smart!!! Share some of your wise knowledge with me!!! It was funny because she was going thru a bad shed, and then would hit her bin with her nose, like what they do to get the shed started from the head, and then I picked her up to check on her, saw that some was lose around her mouth/nose area, and pulled it off gently, that discolored her scales, so I got the SSD cream and it worked perfectly!

[Kara]

Wow, you are too smart!!! Share some of your wise knowledge with me!!! It was funny because she was going thru a bad shed, and then would hit her bin with her nose, like what they do to get the shed started from the head, and then I picked her up to check on her, saw that some was lose around her mouth/nose area, and pulled it off gently, that discolored her scales, so I got the SSD cream and it worked perfectly!

LOL...hit me up via PM if you'd like to chat on the phone. Always happy to help, ESPECIALLY a fellow Texan!

[janett]

LOL...hit me up via PM if you'd like to chat on the phone. Always happy to help, ESPECIALLY a fellow Texan!

lol thanks! Can I thank you twice for that comment???