Hot lips...Should i take her to the vet?

TardGirl · 06-13-03, 10:56 PM

I was holding one of my bps today and i was looking over her head and was looking at her gums and stuff, and i noticed that her gums were a light pink w/ some even darker spots of pink on them, Is this normal? Cause i went and got my other bp and her gums were more of a white color. What is the normal color for bps gums to be? Should i take her to the vet?

tHeGiNo · 06-14-03, 04:05 PM

Well I think that pink is more normal then white? Are you sure the white wasn't water in your snakes mouth reflecting off the light or anything of the sort? Maybe you could be a little more detailed, could you get a picture of your snakes mouth? Is the white in the snakes mouth a cottage cheese looking white spots?

TardGirl · 06-15-03, 11:53 PM

I can't get any pictures cause i don't have a camra. It's kinda hard to say what it looks like. Her mouth was like a white to a real pale pink color, And my other bp's mouth was a darker pink. I just thought that it was kinda messed up that there mouths were different colors. There was nothing coming out of her mouth that looked like cottage cheese though, And there was no water on her mouth from what i could tell. None of my books tell me what the normal color of a bp's gums are supposed to be, I don't think that any book does

. It's just worried me, It might be nothing though. Does anyone think that i should take her to the vet if it does not go away soon?

krrc · 06-16-03, 03:53 PM

an off-white is normal. (at least in all my snakes it is

) I think it's fine

tHeGiNo · 06-16-03, 04:02 PM

I'd agree with Krrc. If you're worried, a good thing to do would be to check every now and then for any abnormalities.

TardGirl · 06-17-03, 01:05 PM

Thanks for all of your help, I will just keep a close eye or her.