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Mouth rot?!
I have a normal ball python not quite sure the age but I've owned it for about 2 month. Never had any issues with her sweetest snake I've ever had. But here recently she's been rubbing her face on anything she can find, could this be due to mouth rot? Temperatures are prefect, but I'm getting a better hydrometer and temperature gauge soon. https://ibb.co/eh6xjQ
Last edited by Jacob smith; 09-24-2017 at 11:58 PM.
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Re: Mouth rot?!
i can't see the picture
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Re: Mouth rot?!
Alright there we go couldn't figure it out so I got a link.
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Usually rubbing their faces on things means they're trying to shed. What's your husbandry look like so we know how to help?
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Re: Mouth rot?!
https://ibb.co/deNC15 she has shed before with this set up, I will be switching substrate soon.
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And your temps, humidity, heat source? Are you using a thermostat? What do you use to measure temps and humidity? Whay do you feed and how often?
If you are convinced it's mouth rot, you'll need to gently pry open your snake's mouth and get a look inside. You can look up pics on what a normal, healthy mouth is supposed to look like if you're unsure (I cant, away from comp.)
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50% humidity during the day and it can get as high as 65% at night. My heat source is a heat lamp and a heat pad. And I feed once a week. I'm just concerned on the bottom part of the mouth being darker then anything other part.
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You are going to have to give a clearer and closer picture of the concerned area for anyone to give an opinion. The closer you get on the picture the blurrier it gets around the opening of the mouth and there is no way to see the bottom clearly.
Rubbing doesn't just mean one thing. It can be anything from trying to remove a stuck shed to trying to start a shed to other issues or even normal behavior. Like Starscream said, if you suspect mouth rot you need to actually check the mouth which isn't going to make your snake happy at all
I do hope that heat lamp and heat pad have something to control the heat.
This sample image is what you would need to show to have people here get a better view of what you are concerned about
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Re: Mouth rot?!
sadly I agree we need to see pictures of the inside of the mouth - there is no swelling or signs of anything wrong in the first picture and the second picture doesn't show the head.
When was the last time the snake shed and the humidity seem more appropriate questions.
Derek
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Re: Mouth rot?!
https://ibb.co/c5AOb5
https://ibb.co/nQYbw5
https://ibb.co/iXpS3k
https://ibb.co/cLzGw5
This is as best I could do I didn't want to stress her out much, nor get bit so I tired to get it done as quick as possible hopefully you guys can see well. Thanks
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