Sooty Updates

[Zephyr]

so sooty is getting fatter and more pregnant by the day and i've just increased her feedings to 2 x a week......... i've moved her to the 20 gal baby proof cage and the others to the kritter keeper........ which my big female, Meadow, hates by the way........ i've begun to get prepared for the babies which will come soon i hope and she's doing great......... but i was wondering............ could she possibly be one of Meadows babies???????? there anen't very many snakes in my yard and she seems to be about the same age as my 2yr old male...... and Meadow had 18 babies 2 without stripes just like her........ and i've never found one without a stripe...... and when i found her she never even struck at me or pooped on me.......... and we did hold the babies alot........... and.......... well.........

Anything's possible. What was the population like in your yard when you found Meadow? Many or few?

[Snake lover 3-25]

few...... and it seems to keep going down....... so i really don't want to release her young in fear that they will all die b4 adulthood........... idk if something is wrong w/ my neighborhood or what....... but i think that this winter may have hurt their pop even more..... both of the two i found were abnormally thin..... sooty was almost to the point of death when found......... so thin..... the other i fed 2 x b4 release and they both ate ferociously when fed minuites after i found them...........

[drache]

few...... and it seems to keep going down....... so i really don't want to release her young in fear that they will all die b4 adulthood........... idk if something is wrong w/ my neighborhood or what....... but i think that this winter may have hurt their pop even more..... both of the two i found were abnormally thin..... sooty was almost to the point of death when found......... so thin..... the other i fed 2 x b4 release and they both ate ferociously when fed minuites after i found them...........

that's so sad
what kind of area do you live in?
is it one where the remaining green patches have been shrinking?
I think small prey used to be more common around human habitation

[Snake lover 3-25]

no we have lots and lots of land all around us....... i think that it was just the long, hard winter from november till april.... but i didn't take the time to take any pics...... i fed her literally the second i found her....

[Snake lover 3-25]

Oh no!!!!!! so she wouldn't eat for on friday.... and the week b4 she only had 1 pinky.... now she seems to have scales peeling off????? and i don't think she's sheding... she never had a blue phase like b4..... she seems extra aggressive.... and she has some kind of brown stuff under her chin....

OMG if she has mouth rot i will DIE!!!!! i couldn't go through that EVER again..... i've already lost one to that.... not again... i can't see one suffer...... waste away.... uuuuu it makes me shake just thinking about it uuuuu

i've put her in the tub... with 1 in of water at the deep end...... 1/2 cm on the shallow.... i don't want to stress her out she's so fat.... what do i do!!!! HELP!!!!!!!!

[adamanteus]

Mouth rot doesn't show externally, Shanley. It's probably poo on her chin! Don't panic. The bath is maybe a good idea though.

[drache]

oh Shanley
I have no idea what to tell you
it sounds nasty

oh good - James answered
I hope it's poo on her chin

[Snake lover 3-25]

it won't cone off and some of the scales on her face are broken..... you can see a layer underneath that wasn't ready to come out...... what's wrong with her did she rub her face too hard against the mesh and hurt herself when she tried to escape the last few days????? HELP!!!!!

[adamanteus]

Can you post a photo of her chin Shanley?

[drache]

it's starting to sound a bit like blisters or scale rot