Hey I took my diamond out of its cage today just to check up on him and I saw these scales close to his bottom and it didnt look right.
Can someone please tell me what this is????
He is also going into shedding if that helps.
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Hey I took my diamond out of its cage today just to check up on him and I saw these scales close to his bottom and it didnt look right.
Can someone please tell me what this is????
He is also going into shedding if that helps.
notechistiger
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You can't see anything from the photo because of the camera flash. You could wait until he sheds, then see if it's still there?
dickyknee
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Might help if you take a decent photo , I can tell what you mean from that pic .....
Sorry the first pic is a bit out of focus
here is another pic.
It feels like blisters.
I dont know if the cage is too hot or not, but it isnt seposed to be.
It is set to 30 and it when I put my hand in the cage it feels like it normaly does.
here is another pic.
It feels like blisters.
I dont know if the cage is too hot or not, but it isnt seposed to be.
It is set to 30 and it when I put my hand in the cage it feels like it normaly does.
notechistiger
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Can you check the temperatures of the enclosure with a thermometre?
JasonL
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I doubt it would be mites, I guess it's a dry area, is it heated from below?
serpenttongue
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Does it spend a lot of time sitting on a heat mat/hot rock/ warm surface??
It looks like the shedding oils along the ventral surface have dried out prematurely from sitting on a warm surface for too long while in the milky stage of shedding. The oils dry, and this causes the old skin (which is about to be shed) to stick to the new underlying skin. When this happens it looks just like your snakes condition.
If this is the case then get it off any warm surfaces until after it sheds. A day or two before you think it will shed, give it a warm bath to soften the skin - it's gonna need it!! In such cases as this, when the snake sheds it's skin it will pull the new skin off with it in that area. This can cause permanent scarring.
I hope i'm wrong, but....
p.s. There is also the chance of it being scale rot, depending on your set-up.
It looks like the shedding oils along the ventral surface have dried out prematurely from sitting on a warm surface for too long while in the milky stage of shedding. The oils dry, and this causes the old skin (which is about to be shed) to stick to the new underlying skin. When this happens it looks just like your snakes condition.
If this is the case then get it off any warm surfaces until after it sheds. A day or two before you think it will shed, give it a warm bath to soften the skin - it's gonna need it!! In such cases as this, when the snake sheds it's skin it will pull the new skin off with it in that area. This can cause permanent scarring.
I hope i'm wrong, but....
p.s. There is also the chance of it being scale rot, depending on your set-up.
andymc1970
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How come someone else hasnt asked why a diamond has a cage thermo set to 30 degrees. Isnt this way to warm for a diamond.
andyscott
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To me it looks like its got very dry skin.
How big is the water bowl in it enclosure?
I would put a bigger bowl of water in, just to raise the humidity.
How big is the water bowl in it enclosure?
I would put a bigger bowl of water in, just to raise the humidity.
notechistiger
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It looks to be a young diamond, under a year old. Because of this, 30C is believed to be okay. Once it get's over a year, the temperature is supposed to be lowered or restricted to only a few hours a day.
JasonL
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Is it in a glass tank or plastic?? I agree with Serpenttongue here, though with proper treatment (if we are right) I think any scaring will eventually shed out, as I don't think it looks to bad from the pic ( but it's hard to say without seeing it first hand).
No, it is a port mac. I believe port macs are hardier than diamonds. Keep in mind ive never kept them.
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Does it spend a lot of time sitting on a heat mat/hot rock/ warm surface??
It looks like the shedding oils along the ventral surface have dried out prematurely from sitting on a warm surface for too long while in the milky stage of shedding. The oils dry, and this causes the old skin (which is about to be shed) to stick to the new underlying skin. When this happens it looks just like your snakes condition.
I think this is what is wrong.
He just went into shed mode and his eyes were still milke yestreday.
It spends most of its time on the heat mat.
The water bowl is big enough for him to soak in.
It looks like the shedding oils along the ventral surface have dried out prematurely from sitting on a warm surface for too long while in the milky stage of shedding. The oils dry, and this causes the old skin (which is about to be shed) to stick to the new underlying skin. When this happens it looks just like your snakes condition.
I think this is what is wrong.
He just went into shed mode and his eyes were still milke yestreday.
It spends most of its time on the heat mat.
The water bowl is big enough for him to soak in.
it is in a plastic click clack.
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