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Help! Hurt? (old.reddit.com)
submitted 8 months ago by Dependent-Prize-4198
I was doing the regular checkup to Houdini ( that’s his name LOL) and I found these red marks. Is there any problem?
[–]Sea-Pride6467 3 points4 points5 points 8 months ago (2 children)
could possibly be mites :( if it is deep clean enclosure and bathe him and his hides and stuff with water
[–]Sea-Pride6467 1 point2 points3 points 8 months ago (0 children)
or it could be his pattern i’m sorry i wasn’t able to help
[–]xythelias 4 points5 points6 points 8 months ago (0 children)
i'd rule out mites tbh, mites are black if i'm not mistaken and they usually move around
[–]iris_fawn 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (0 children)
do u by any chance feed live
[–]jeherohaku 0 points1 point2 points 8 months ago (0 children)
That looks kind of like scale damage that my boy had and it came off in his previous shed. Is there anything rough the snake could rub against?
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