The joy of Radix

[guidofatherof5]

How about a photo of Lipwig?

@Lipwig. I'd give you salmon if I could. Darned old mean Chris.

[chris-uk]

How about a photo of Lipwig?

@Lipwig. I'd give you salmon if I could. Darned old mean Chris.

There's a couple of old ones I posted just after we got Lipwig. I took some yesterday as, well but need to transfer them from the camera

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks Chris.
I never tire of seeing radix photos. Very nice.
I'll be watching for the newer photos.

[Eight]

I hope the female is all well and heals up quickly. Two really nice snakes you have there

[chris-uk]

Adora seems to be getting better all the time, we know now to avoid her having the anti-inflamatory injections that caused the skin reaction.

Steve, here's some more shots of Lipwig from a couple of days ago:



... I love the colours in his eyes - amber and charcoal gradients.








.... and his sides are more yellow than the camera shows. He's a lovely snake and was out at the front of his viv to see me this morning. I think he'll be happier when I get him moved somewhere larger when we move house, his viv is arboreal proportions and so far he's not shown any interest in climbing, when we're moved he'll be in a 60 or 90cm with the male Cuitzeo at the moment it's just a case of space while I've got three snakes separated (two radix and the parietalis).

[guidofatherof5]

Thanks for those photos Chris.

[chris-uk]

Well Adora shed, and made things worse. On Sunday morning (when I was trying to watch the F1) she started to shed. Because I'd been keeping the humidity low to try to help with the skin issue she took a while to get started. Once she got going she was fine up to injuries, but the shed broke at the second injury site. I ended up taking her out to help her remove the lower half of her shed, and she had no more problems.
The main issue was that the skin coming away actually tore away the healing skin, a bit like us knocking the scab off a cut. Since Sunday Adora has been living in a RUB with paper towels as a substrate.

.......

I'm convinced that these skin lesions were caused by the anti-inflammatory injections. I'll discuss with the vet when we go next visit.

Adora is a lovely snake, she still hasn't musked or bitten me.

Adora Belle shed again today, the first time since my previous post. Her scabs have been getting better over the last few months, so the shed today was perfect, Char just went in to check on the snakes and found the shed in there. She is looking all shiny with a bright new dorsal stripe.
The injury sites where she previously had scabs are healed over, the only thing is she's just got smooth black skin there and no scales. It's what I was expecting and I can't see it causing her any problems in the future. I'd estimate that she's lost 2-3 scales on each injury site so it's not a huge surface area.

Adora is still a lovely snake, and she is slowly teaching Lacrimosa that being handled isn't something to be afraid of - sometimes Lacci takes note and comes over to my hand, other days she just watches suspiciously from a safe distance. But Adora makes me glad that we have the joy of a radix (or two) in the house.

[Invisible Snake]

Good to hear she's getting better. Pics of her and the injury site would be helpful and educational to our newest members

[guidofatherof5]

Gotta love those radi.(not a typo)

[ProXimuS]

Good to hear she's getting better. Pics of her and the injury site would be helpful and educational to our newest members

Yes and very much appreciated by the not so new but still new members