You know, all this time keeping ball pythons, I never really much paid attention to the very tip of their tails (other than making sure there was no stuck shed) until I was handling Ailish about a week before shipping her to Joanna.
I noticed the tip of her tail was very hard and sharp and I started examining more closely to make sure that she didn't have stuck shed that I had somehow missed.
After that I examined the tips of each snake as I handled them and they all seem to have that hard pointed end to it. I guess I just never really got poked by them to notice.
Fascinating how you learn new things about these lovely animals even after keeping multiples and gaining more experience!
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