Baby Ball python help, Grey belly and loose skin!

[alysha]

Here are some pictures of him.

This first one shows the grey belly, which a week ago was all pinkish looking.




Heres the wrinkles in his skin, mostly near the tail and some by the neck also.





This shows the wrinkles and also his eyes, which are all black but the light hitting them made the top look lighter.

[SRMD]

Does your snake drink a lot?
do you ever see him drink?

[alysha]

Ive never seen him drink, worried he might be dehydrated I will sometimes put him into his water bowl when putting him back into his cage but he doesnt seem to want anything to do with the water.

[SRMD]

if you see his head going into the water bowl he could be drinking, when they put their heads into water you should be able to see his mouth touching the water that would be him drinking..

or i think another way BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS is that you could get a bowl of water Luke warm, i am not sure and just gently push his head into the water for a few seconds but in no way am i sure about this so i would ask other people for advice about that.. don't try anything without finding out first

[alysha]

if you see his head going into the water bowl he could be drinking, when they put their heads into water you should be able to see his mouth touching the water that would be him drinking..

or i think another way BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS is that you could get a bowl of water Luke warm, i am not sure and just gently push his head into the water for a few seconds but in no way am i sure about this so i would ask other people for advice about that.. don't try anything without finding out first

He never puts his head in it from what ive seen, he just quickly slithers out and goes to hide. Last night when I put him in the warm water he did stay in for a few seconds, but he looked more like he was too scared to move (all coiled up) rather than enjoying it, then he quickly got out again.

I dont think I would want to force him to drink yet though.

[DooLittle]

Some can get a very pink belly before shed. Your guy does look faded/washed out like going into shed. Maybe its just angle of the pic too, but lower jaw looks funny/small to me????

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[alysha]

Some can get a very pink belly before shed. Your guy does look faded/washed out like going into shed. Maybe its just angle of the pic too, but lower jaw looks funny/small to me????

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Maybe he is deformed? I also noticed he nevers flickers his tounge.

[SRMD]

Maybe its just angle of the pic too, but lower jaw looks funny/small to me????

I thought exactly the same thing with the jaw it looks a little weird


Can you get another picture of his head? a few shots of his head?
maybe if you think the jaw, you should let a vet check it out?

And also most snakes are stressed by going in water because your forcing him to go in there, and he is not going in the water at his own free will.

Make sure you bump your humidity up to 75% tho during his shed, do this by misting his tank!
and reduce temps to 88-92 Hot spot.

[DooLittle]

Do you have more pics of his head and jaw?

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[Poseidon]

or i think another way BUT DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR THIS is that you could get a bowl of water Luke warm, i am not sure and just gently push his head into the water for a few seconds but in no way am i sure about this so i would ask other people for advice about that.. don't try anything without finding out first

NOoooooooOOOOooooooo. No. When you were young and sick and consequently dehydrated, did your mother push your head into a bowl of gatorade where you couldn't breathe?


He looks a little thin to me. And I agree that the head looks different than other ball pythons.