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    "PM Boots For Custom Title" d_virginiana's Avatar
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    This is just plain strange...

    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...
    Lora

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    Re: This is just plain strange...

    Taking a wait and see attitude I think is the way to go at this time.
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    Re: This is just plain strange...

    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
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    "PM Boots For Custom Title" d_virginiana's Avatar
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    Re: This is just plain strange...

    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.
    Lora

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    Re: This is just plain strange...

    Nothing unusual about your worries. Having a vigilant caregiver is just what Harley needs.
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    Re: This is just plain strange...

    Well it never hurts to ask if its normal or abnormal. Good looking out though . I'm sure everything will be fine
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