Over the past month or so I've noticed the right side of Solana's mouth is open slightly more than her left side. Upon thorough investigation and a talk with both my friend Brian from Riverside Reptiles (who has a scaleless texas rat and also met Solana in person and saw what I did) and Don Soderberg (who bred her), we came to the conclusion that she has some plaque. She has one layer of scales around her mouth, but it's not a perfect seal. Further, when she goes into shed, her lips tend to pull back some.
Katie and I gently brushed her teeth with a small and soft paint brush. That got some off and I will revisit next week (she's in my office now with the rest of the crew while they finish working on the basement the rest of this week and next week). She was pretty good about it and I want to keep it from getting worse.
I wanted to share as aside from a needing help with some sheds, having a scaleless corn snake has been pretty hassle free. However, this is a new potential ongoing issue, although not major, I wanted to share with the forum.
Obvisouly, if it gets worse and not better, I will talk to and/or visit with the vet to get a proper solution to keep her mouth clean and brushed periodically. Don mentioned a few of his this happens about 1X a year. I did examine her mouth and the gums and the rest of her mouth look nice and clean with no signs of mouth rot or other issues. She has also been eating fine which is not a total indicator that everything is okay, but a good sign.
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