Thank you. Unfortunately you have confirmed my worst suspicions. I don't doubt my vet, she is a very helpful and kind person even though she is away she promptly responds to our emails. I was just hopping that this time she is wrong, and this might be just some type of discoloration that can occur during shedding process.

Jinx667 I am not afraid of uphill battle, it has been that way ever since heat pad burns happened. From that point on, it was one problem causes another and so on. I feel that this is a very sensitive time in life for my ball python so I must make every move right.

I will keep you posted, and yes, I do feel this is can be a lesson for everyone new to BPs. Things can go very very wrong very fast. Her last shed went great, she started eating again, color of scales returned 100% to normal. Tip of tail was back to normal and yesterday this. I went from normal to possibly having her tail removed in 24 hours. And who can tell what complications may be ahead cos of this. That is what I learned in last three months. You think you are out of harms way, and some wrong move you made some time ago that didn't seam so big at the time, just pops out and smacks you on head.