Patch on head

[t0m541]

My snake has a small patch on the top of his head just back from and midway between his eyes it looks like a scab, I noticed what looked like a sore spot there about a week ago but he had just had a very patchy molt at the time so I thought it was some retained skin. Does anybody have any ideas what it could be?

[JLC]

Hard to say without being able to see it. Could be a patch of dried, retained skin. Could be a patch of new scales that are dry. (My bp occasionally has a few specks of grayish colored scales after a shed, but they're not retained skin...just new skin that is dryer than normal)


Could be a scab from an injury...but if so, how did the injury get there? Rodent bite? Burn? Cage rub?

[t0m541]

they are of a greyish colour and did appear after the molt and as i said there did appear to be a sore spot there do you think he could have rubbed himself and caught it somehow I will try to get a pic of it put up on here so you can have a look

[JLC]

they are of a greyish colour and did appear after the molt and as i said there did appear to be a sore spot there do you think he could have rubbed himself and caught it somehow I will try to get a pic of it put up on here so you can have a look

Can you imagine anything in the enclosure he could rub on and catch himself hard enough to break the skin?

A little patch of grayish colored scales though, is probably totally normal. Does he still have a sore? Was it in the exact same spot as the off-colored scales, or just near it?

[t0m541]

how do i put a pic on here cause I just took a couple of him

[JLC]

Check this link out:


http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=28289

[t0m541]

http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...2022007075.jpg

[mousch]

You need to close your tag [img] url here! [/img]

Here's his gallery image http://www.ball-pythons.net/gallery/...2022007075.jpg (it's huge!!)

[t0m541]

yes i know it is a bit large not very clear he's not one for holding still for the camera

[JLC]

Unfortunately, I can't tell a thing from the picture.