My Experience with a Septic Ball Python

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This makes me wonder; are white snakes more predisposed to this kind of infection? I know that Geb must have been bred a lot to look like he did and lose his natural coloring. I have been thinking of it similarly to dogs; pugs are predisposed to not being able to breathe bc of their short snouts for example. I also have thought of spider bps and how there are so many negative health conditions of those snakes; who’s to say there isn’t with other morphs as well?

I don't think so. I think with white snakes it's much more noticeable because the pink shows through and can be easily seen, where darker snakes it wouldn't be noticed.

I have had two snakes go septic. One was Matilda. You can read about her here:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...ks-Just-don-t!

The other was a male Tarahumara. I had taken him to the vet for what presented as swollen eyes, and he was being treated with a topical ophthalmic ointment for them. It turns out that he had a scratch in his throat/esophagus just behind his head, the wound site had gotten infected, and the internal infection was causing his eyes to swell up. Since we didn't know what the underlying issue was, he also went septic and passed. He never looked pink but Taras are pretty dark-colored boas with orange/apricot bellies so it wouldn't have been obvious.