Originally Posted by Dennis Gulla (Post 1739717)

“The black dots” could be mites! Snake with mites tend to be more active and are often seen in their water bowl. How old is this snake?

Originally Posted by Dennis Gulla (Post 1739717)

“The black dots” could be mites! Snake with mites tend to be more active and are often seen in their water bowl. How old is this snake?

Originally Posted by NuclearTOILET (Post 1739699)

My 1 year old corn snake has eaten every Monday evening since I first got it as a baby. Granted this is my first snake so although I try I’m not the most educated (hence why I’m here). However two weeks ago my snake started leaving It’s hide and being very active/ always wanting to come out of its inclosure. My mom took this as a sign my snake was hungry and fed it 4 days early without my knowledge. Since then my snake has been refusing food. It has been refusing for almost two full weeks now. Should I be worried?



Also the snake has some black dots that have been showing up on its scales. I thought it could be scale rot so I threw out all substrate, disinfected everything, and now my corn is on some paper towels with her two different hides and a water bowl. I also started putting some anti biotic ointment on the black dots and one of the dots has disappeared. I’m really not sure if this is exactly right though?



Finally to clear up why I’m referring to make snake as an “it” is because although as a child I considered it a girl I was never certain of the gender. I don’t know if maybe the gender could have some biological reason as to why it isn’t eating (mating season maybe?)



So can anyone help me understand what could have happened and if I should be worried?. I’d like to try to avoid the vet unless absolutely needed because in my area I’d be dumping my entire months earnings on just an a check up.