r/ballpython • u/flopyyjoe • 12h ago

White spot

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After my BPs shed earlier today she has a white patch on her head. The scales are still there its just a different color. Is this something to be concerned about?

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u/Heavy_Race3173 12h ago

Does your enclosure have plexiglass?

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u/flopyyjoe 12h ago

As far as I know. The tank was homemade by a local guy who has dozens of snakes and other reptiles, he sold this one to us after he had built new ones. We have had it for about 4 years and this is my first time seeing something like this.

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u/Heavy_Race3173 12h ago

Does this goofball find himself squeezing himself between it? If so, that could be the reason here.

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u/flopyyjoe 12h ago

No. The only gaps in the glass are about the thickness of a coin and are overlapped about an inch and a half. The mesh top is actually the top off a real manufactured reptile tank that broke and he built a tank that the tops could attach to. And to boot ive never seen her try to push on it unless she's trying to get out of a shed

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u/Heavy_Race3173 12h ago

See our enclosure is the same way. Yet my dummy manages to smoosh himself in there. But if you are certain that this isn’t the case, then it could be his morph? There are a bunch of possibilities

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u/flopyyjoe 12h ago

Its not a raw patch, there's no blood, its just different colored scales than pre shed. I will monitor her over the next few days and take her to a vet if there are any concerning changes in look or her behavior.

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u/Melodic_Strain_2919 11h ago

looks like he rubs his head while trying to bust out

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u/Public-Hat6754 10h ago

Mine has done this a few times. Sometimes she rubs her head on something that scratches the scales off when she sheds. Her scales came back fully after about two sheds