Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

[dakski]

Sorry for another quick update.

I just had a long talk with Don Soderberg, who is another reptile breeder I trust implicitly, and who I bought Solana from.

He thinks we should culture Behira's scales/skin and look for a bacterial infection. He says the shed cycle is too fast and something is wrong, but that a skin infection, in his experience, may not show up on a blood test RE white blood count. He insists that illness causes a sped up shed cycle and that's it's not random. Something is causing Behira to feel the need to shed. Additionally, he thought it was very interesting she's spending 90% of her time on the hot side, versus 10% historically.

I am going to call the vet tomorrow and ask about that.

Additionally, I wanted to mention something about Katie and Behira. Katie has had her differences with Behira over the years. First when she nailed me (food response) and then when she realized how big she would get. Last week Behira needed to eat and I was sick and in bed. I got up to take the rat out and went back to bed and set my alarm. I got up to feed Behira and she ate like a champ and I went back to bed. However, Katie, who's fed each corn snake once, offered to feed Behira if I didn't wake up/was too sick. That blew my mind. She's really come a long way and cares deeply for me and for the reptiles, even if she doesn't always show it. I didn't want her to have to feed Behira, and would have fed her the next day if I couldn't get up, but the thought meant a lot and I know she would have done it.

I am a lucky guy.