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d_virginiana
03-24-2014, 03:55 PM
So my snake Harley is about to shed, but her belly hasn't just gone blue, it's WHITE. Like, completely opaque white. And this is definitely her gearing up for a shed; I saw the tongue-shed last night, which usually happens a day or two before the entire shed.

Has anyone ever seen something like that? It has been a very long time since her last shed, so maybe it has something to do with that?

Ugh... She's the one I posted about having bright green poo a week or two ago. Her poo is normal colored now, but it is VERY watery and not solid at all. When I picked her up last night she spit up some water on me, but I'm not sure if that was her actually being sick or if I just startled her after drinking a lot.
This is similar to the symptoms she showed last year when she had those parasites, but I had a fecal done not long ago and nothing showed up. For now, I'm just going to wait and see how this shed goes and if things improve after that...

guidofatherof5
03-24-2014, 03:59 PM
Taking a wait and see attitude I think is the way to go at this time.

jwolfe152
03-30-2014, 12:55 PM
Let me see if i understand the white belly...if you pick her up and look at her belly do her scales kinds separate easily almost like its a "thick shed" I'm almost certain that my big female looked the exact same way when i found her and her sheds have been perfect

d_virginiana
03-30-2014, 01:33 PM
She's gone clear again, and I'm expecting to see her shed in the next day or two. But yeah, this was probably just a thick shed. Everything except the scales around her surgery site seems to be connected, so this probably was just an odd-looking shed instead of a relapse of the connective-tissue parasites she's had in the past.
I get worried whenever something abnormal happens with this female, since she's had some pretty serious health problems over the last two years.

guidofatherof5
03-30-2014, 02:28 PM
Nothing unusual about your worries. Having a vigilant caregiver is just what Harley needs.

jwolfe152
03-30-2014, 06:46 PM
Well it never hurts to ask if its normal or abnormal. Good looking out though . I'm sure everything will be fine