Question about corns from newbie

[angelic]

Hello,

I'm new here and am also a fairly new snake owner. i may be being paranoid, but I think there's something wrong with my corn. She shed perfectly about a month ago, skin came off in one piece very easily. But now, she is kind of 'tatty' on her stomach. Nearly all of her ventral scales have a kind of fringe, and some of the scales are slightly split. Also she's gone from being a really docile friendly snake, to a jumpy nightmare.

Do I need to worry about this?

Thanks

[PortCreditPets]

What substrate are you using as well is it to dry in the enclosure? Maybe post a quick description of your enclosure you are using so someone could address your snakes concerns with the full history.

Grant

[MidnightIris]

Ditto on what PortCredit said. but is you enclosure very moist? Maybe it could be the beginnings of blister disease? But if your snake is experincing a personality 360, that's a sure sign that something is wrong. I'd call a local herp vet asap. Also, change the substrate so that it's clean and dry.

[angelic]

History: She's in a 3ft viv, with orchid bark as substrate. She has a daylight strip, which is on 10hrs/day, and has an underfloor heat pad at one end, and a piece of cork bark to hide under. She also has a small water bowl. The average temp is 78 degrees, in the middle of the viv. Oh and she's 3 years old.

Hope this helps, I have wondered about blister disease, she spent a couple of days in a box (same conditions as the viv, only smaller), which did get quite steamy, she's been back in her viv for about a week now, which is pretty much zero humidity.

Thanks

[Big Mike]

You say the average temp in the middle of the viv. is 78.

What is the temp on the substrate on the warm end? On the cool end? I don't know if that could be the sourse of the problem but it's important to know how hot and how cool the snake can get.

It might be a good idea to keep her on paper towel or news paper until you nail down the problem.

Good luck with her