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12-27-12, 01:55 PM
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Connie the caprecious one
We inherited a Burmese that had been slightly neglected. Apparently the owner had gone off to collage and not taken his pets with him. Mom and Dad refused to feed them, and the owner never came back to take care of them as promised. He had been feeding live rats but under feeding in order to keep him small. We started him on small frozen mice and he is more active than ever. However, if you touch him, his skin brakes like an old persons skin. I want to know if thin skin is a symptom of Mal-nourishment? He had several bad scrapes when we got him and have left him alone for about 2 months. Not handling him seemed to be smart due to the stress of being moved, then a month later moved again, only to be moved yet again. Now that we feel we can start to handle him, his skin rips. What causes thin skin in a snake? 
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12-27-12, 01:58 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
Raise up the humidity. It sounds like the skin is very dry.
(Take that with a grain of salt, I have never experienced this, but it seems to make sense.)
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12-27-12, 02:54 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
If you csn post pics of the snake, enclosure and post the temps and humidity that you are keeping him at we should be able to help 
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12-28-12, 12:59 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
Not to scare you but I would get him vet checked I had an old boa years ago that got skin tears and it was his kidneys causing the skin to fall off in spots
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12-28-12, 01:12 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
Is there blood or open wounds?
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12-29-12, 12:08 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
They seem to have blead very little and are are not gaping. I will try to take pictures today, but I cannot post them. I will have to load them onto my blogger. He has hidden himself and is not wanting to be touched. When I tried to look at him yesterday, he was very aggressive and acted as thought he wanted to strike at me. We are letting him rest.
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12-29-12, 02:04 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
How is he being housed? Temps, humidity, substrate, etc.?
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12-29-12, 02:17 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
I have posted 2 pictures Dixie Photography. it would not let me post it as a link, so you will have to copy and paste.
The humidity is at 60 and temp stays around 80. He has not gotten in his water since we did the water soak on Christmas Day. However, we have been spritzing him down. Most of the rips are along his spine, the sub strait is not causing any issues.
Last edited by dixie_2007; 12-29-12 at 02:22 PM..
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12-29-12, 02:22 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
Sounds like he is in a lot of pain id get him to the vets. or at least soak it in the bath for an hour a day and maybe put mineral oil on your hands and gently stroke to try and moisturise but you might want to check with a vet first if its got sores/tears
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12-29-12, 02:24 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
just seen the pic i would just use newspaper substrate.
I feel so sorry for that poor snake.
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12-29-12, 02:32 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
That death rock isn't plugged in us it?
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12-29-12, 03:12 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
The rock is plugged in but he only uses it after he has eaten. He does not lay on it at all. He prefers to hide in the box, next to the box, or in his water.
His skin started splitting after we soaked him. If we hold him, he gets more splits. Rubbing him with mineral oil is not possible at this point.
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12-29-12, 03:16 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
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Originally Posted by dixie_2007
The rock is plugged in but he only uses it after he has eaten. He does not lay on it at all. He prefers to hide in the box, next to the box, or in his water.
His skin started splitting after we soaked him. If we hold him, he gets more splits. Rubbing him with mineral oil is not possible at this point.
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Jay called it a "death rock" because they're known to have "hot spots" that can seriously burn a snake, and one with a serious skin issue like this is much more at risk.
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12-29-12, 03:45 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
Unless you have 24/7 monitoring, for all you know he spends 50% of his time on it.
Loose the rock, sorry if I come of harsh, but I'm sick of seeing inexperienced keepers taking injured reptiles. You could go support a local breeder, purchase a nice healthy burm.
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12-29-12, 03:51 PM
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Re: Connie the caprecious one
I agree, get rid of the rock and get a nice overhead ceramic heater or something.
Also, that's a Blood Python, not a Burmese.
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