I read the FAQs about Ball Pythons and I read that the head is a sensitive area and may scare them so I guess I will avoid that area and try to make her more comfortable with that. But I still can't find any answers to the other three questions. I can't find any pictures of 'raised scales' thought I read about them on another web site so I'm not sure if there is such a thing. Also all the pictures I find on scale rot ar on the bottom of the snake and look nothing like what mine has.

-Ifland