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04-14-13, 12:00 PM
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Serious problem with Jennifer
So I did everything everyone told me increased the humidity got the heat to the right temp I went to check on her and the skin on her head is cracked open and there seems to be fluid pockets under neith her skin. What in the world is happening????? 
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04-14-13, 12:56 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
Why the color difference in the picture between her head and her body? Is she soaking in her water dish?
She might be shedding, I've never actually seen mine start because they tend to do it at night.
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04-14-13, 01:06 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
That looks like a cut/gash if you are on about the white part on it head. Is there anyway it could have injured itself on decor in the enclosure?
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04-14-13, 01:24 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
Nothing to do with us saying to raise humidity.
If you've left her in a pool of water for extended periods of time that might be a different story.
Anyway, if it's as serious as you say, and I can't tell from pics, then a vet is needed.
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04-14-13, 02:20 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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Originally Posted by Aaron_S
Anyway, if it's as serious as you say, and I can't tell from pics, then a vet is needed.
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+1....vet time
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04-14-13, 04:41 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
I soaked her in warm water for about ten min because she was cold she hides from the heat side a lot. I had her in a plastic tub smooth edges with some fuzzy mice hoping that she would at least try and eat that since I couldn't get her to eat a small mouse she was rubbing her head in the corner the. Her skin just split open it didn't bleed or anything.
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04-14-13, 04:47 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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Originally Posted by CarissaREVV
I soaked her in warm water for about ten min because she was cold she hides from the heat side a lot. I had her in a plastic tub smooth edges with some fuzzy mice hoping that she would at least try and eat that since I couldn't get her to eat a small mouse she was rubbing her head in the corner the. Her skin just split open it didn't bleed or anything.
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If shes hiding from the heat side, maybe its too hot?
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04-14-13, 04:52 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
It is 88 on the heat side we switched to under tank heater today though hoping that will help
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04-14-13, 05:31 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
It looks like she scraped the scales off of her head were the fuzzy mice live in the container?
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04-14-13, 05:32 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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Originally Posted by CarissaREVV
I soaked her in warm water for about ten min because she was cold she hides from the heat side a lot. I had her in a plastic tub smooth edges with some fuzzy mice hoping that she would at least try and eat that since I couldn't get her to eat a small mouse she was rubbing her head in the corner the. Her skin just split open it didn't bleed or anything.
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What makes you believe she is "cold"?
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04-14-13, 05:34 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
When I was holding her she felt like I was holding something that was sitting out of a fridge for ten min or so she room temp water was warmer then she was
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04-14-13, 05:36 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
What is the ambient temperature?
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04-14-13, 05:36 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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It looks like she scraped the scales off of her head were the fuzzy mice live in the container?
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Yes they were live her and Kyle will not touch dead I have tried and failed with that. They were sitting in a different corner then she was
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04-14-13, 05:36 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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What is the ambient temperature?
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Of the room? The room temp is 80
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04-14-13, 05:38 PM
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Re: Serious problem with Jennifer
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When I was holding her she felt like I was holding something that was sitting out of a fridge for ten min or so she room temp water was warmer then she was
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Snakes will feel cold as their body temp is lower than ours, this is where the myth of them being slimy comes from, they feel cold to the touch.
Personally i think you are messing with this snake too much, give it the proper conditions (hot end should be low 90's not high 80's) and leave it alone for a while to acclimate to its enclosure. It knows when it needs to warm up and will move to the hot end, quite likely it does thsi when you arent around as it feels safer moving without being watched.
I always find my BP in the same place during the day, but if i stay up after midnight and am quiet i will see him moving around his viv.
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