scales

mark24 · 08-15-12, 12:39 AM

so the scales on my bull snake are bending up an on the bottom of him is skin is comin off. i tried to get pics but you cant see it in the pics. im thinkin hes either to dry or hes to skinny. any ideas on what could be wrong with him??

mark24 · 08-15-12, 02:26 AM

heres the best pic i could get ill try to get a couple more but as you can tell theres a lil piece comin off of him
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mark24 · 08-15-12, 03:30 AM

heres a couple more pics does anybody have any ideas on whats wrong with him??
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Gungirl · 08-15-12, 06:21 AM

How is he being kept? ( temps, humidity, substraight) Also how often and what is he being fed?

mark24 · 08-15-12, 08:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Gungirl

How is he being kept? ( temps, humidity, substraight) Also how often and what is he being fed?

Temps 85 on the warm side 75 on the cool side humidity about 50 substrate zoo med forest floor multch. He is getting fed large mice every 5-7 days

Wildside · 08-15-12, 06:32 AM

First and foremost what are you using for substrate?

CDN_Blood · 08-15-12, 07:55 AM

It looks practically skeletal. Does it eat?

mark24 · 08-15-12, 08:07 AM

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Originally Posted by CDN_Blood

It looks practically skeletal. Does it eat?

I couldn't get him to eat for the first 2 months but he just started eating 2 or 2 weeks ago

snake man12 · 08-15-12, 08:01 AM

Ser I believe it is shedding.

mark24 · 08-15-12, 08:21 AM

Since the humidity was so low a put a plastic dish with a paper towel an sprayed it with water

Wildside · 08-15-12, 08:34 AM

Can we see a pic of his enclosure?

mark24 · 08-15-12, 09:10 AM

heres is his enclosure
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mark24 · 08-15-12, 09:19 AM

lets try this again....

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CDN_Blood · 08-15-12, 09:20 AM

Large mice just aren't going to cut it for a snake that size. I strongly suggest medium rats at the very least.

Oh, and it's really fairly normal that it wouldn't eat after changing hands. They're sensitive that way, but once it's settled in and eating for you, if you dramatically increase the size of the food you're offering it, the thing should be OK and it'll likely pull itself together quite quickly, but don't be surprised if it doesn't eat all that often, which makes it even more important that it has proper sized meals when it does it for ya

mark24 · 08-15-12, 09:24 AM

large mice are the only thing that my local pet store offers