dumerils belly question

MISKIE · 12-01-04, 12:44 PM

my one female dumerils and a almost complete yellow belly the other 2 i have has white with the brown spots is the yellow belly normal also or not i can't fine any info about that. .
she is sheding and the belly is still yellow where she has shed she is not shedding in one piece this time (when i got her last week she was just starting to show signs of sheding and well today she is.

melissa

ssscales · 12-02-04, 08:05 PM

Do you have any pics?

cnb · 12-03-04, 03:34 PM

Sometimes retained shed can mean mites. I hope you Quarantine any new snake. As far as the yellow belly, I have not seen a dumerils with a yellow belly.

Derrick · 12-05-04, 06:38 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by cnb
Sometimes retained shed can mean mites. I hope you Quarantine any new snake. As far as the yellow belly, I have not seen a dumerils with a yellow belly.

Quarantine is a good pratice. But lets not start throwing areound mites as a reason for a bad shed. the first 2 snakes I bought came with mites it took me a while to clear it up and they never had a bad shed. Its most likely that Its a humidity issue.

As far as the yellow belly goes pictures would be cool

cnb · 12-06-04, 08:33 PM

Derrick, I mention mites for two reasons.
1- Miskie says she just got the boa a week ago. As you know 2 snakes you bought came with mites. So the boa was not in her care for very long. And there is a good possibility that it could have mites.
2- Sometimes a bad shed can be a sign of mites on a snake. Yes it could also be sign a low humidity. Or it can be a sign of ill health another reason she should quarantine the new boa.

MISKIE · 12-06-04, 09:25 PM

yes i have hsd the seperated from my other one and i have a vet visit on wednesday to have them checked out and well i got the big one to eat today so i'm happy