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    Re: Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

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    Regarding the frequent sheds, he said he dealt with it several times over his years of keeping reptiles. He said 9/10 it's a skin irritation or infection. He said he just dealt with it with his spitting cobra (which he said was not too fun giving medicine too). In that case, it wasn't getting better. He said that since Behira is improving, and dramatically, let her be. However, if she stops eating or it regresses to take swab anywhere on the skin and send it in for bacterial and fungal infections.

    The consensus was she's pounding food and the sheds are getting farther and farther apart, therefore she's beating whatever was ailing her. He did recommend another vet closer to me if I wanted to get a second opinion.

    For now, she seems so healthy, pounding food, growing, and the sheds are getting farther apart. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. If anything changes though, you all know I will be on top of that.
    I wouldn't worry, but I do agree. This is how a snake's body reacts to a low-grade infection, injury or irritation of some kind (internal OR external)- by self-healing. And the extra food was needed to accomplish that. With snakes, sometimes it's better to do too little than too much, knowing how meds can negatively impact their organs. And it's not as if you never had her checked out, but hey, she's got this. Relax...
    Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.
    Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)

    The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~ Gandhi

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