Slough
More growth, another shed skin
Victoria (the Royal Python) continues to do well. She
went off her food a couple of weeks ago and then shed
her skin last night.
Not a perfect slough, but quite OK - the skin came of in large pieces rather than all in one.
She looks really good now in her newly repslendant Black & Gold!
Not a perfect slough, but quite OK - the skin came of in large pieces rather than all in one.
She looks really good now in her newly repslendant Black & Gold!
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Injury?
I got a look at her new skin today, and there’s been
some sort of injury. On either side of her body,
there is an injury that appears to have been
bleeding. It is not an open sore, and the scales are
formed over it, but there has been blood forced
through them and it has formed a hard scar. It could
be a heat burn, I suppose, or it could be a crush
injury from her getting trapped in something. I
haven’t seen her be trapped any time, but with the
injury matching on both sides, it has to be a
possibility.
Tried a small mouse tonight, expecting her to be hungry now, but no interest at all. This is worrying.
Tried a small mouse tonight, expecting her to be hungry now, but no interest at all. This is worrying.
A tough time
Since my last post of 3rd May Victoria has been off
her food. I have presented her with a mouse several
times, but with declining interest. Her eyes were
slightly clouded, so I didn’t worry at first,
thinking that she was getting ready to slough.
However, as the time passed by without any sign of
it, I started to worry.
The temperature has been fine, I have been spraying the viv occasionally to keep the humidity up and hep her slough, but nothing came of it. She became very listless and I really thought I was going to loose her.
Then, last night she started to slough!I had her out of the viv, trying to find out if anything was wrong and she started to rub her nose against the rough fabric of my jeans. She kept it up for a good couple of hours and managed to break the skin on her nose and work it back over her head. I went to bed and left her to it, but in the morning found she had had a very untidy slough. The skin was still stick to the top of her head and along her back and sides for about 8 inches. The rest of it had come off in tiny pieces - the largest was barely an inch long.
Tonight, I let her rest up. I think she was exhausted with the effort. There are some white patches on her sides I’m not altogether happy about, but we’ll look at those tomorrow.
The temperature has been fine, I have been spraying the viv occasionally to keep the humidity up and hep her slough, but nothing came of it. She became very listless and I really thought I was going to loose her.
Then, last night she started to slough!I had her out of the viv, trying to find out if anything was wrong and she started to rub her nose against the rough fabric of my jeans. She kept it up for a good couple of hours and managed to break the skin on her nose and work it back over her head. I went to bed and left her to it, but in the morning found she had had a very untidy slough. The skin was still stick to the top of her head and along her back and sides for about 8 inches. The rest of it had come off in tiny pieces - the largest was barely an inch long.
Tonight, I let her rest up. I think she was exhausted with the effort. There are some white patches on her sides I’m not altogether happy about, but we’ll look at those tomorrow.
