jagodzinski
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Hello - I was not home for a couple days, and when I got home, my snake was not in her warm side and I noticed the temp got to 91* on the warm side (I usually keep it at 86*). So I lowered the thermostat it and I found her laying on poop in the cool side.
So I took her out, cleaned out the viv and replaced the bedding. We were playing for a little and then she got away from me and slithered under my door. She is a pretty big girl, at her widest probably a 1.8 inch diameter while the distance from my floor to door bottom is about 1 inch. But she squished herself flat and managed to squeeze under the door. I went and got her from the other side and she was acting normal, but has some minor striations across some of the scales where she is really wide. I am pretty sure they are from scratching herself squeezing under the door. She has had similar striations from bad sheds before, so I am not too worried about that - but do you think she could have gotten hurt being "squished?"
So after that, I finished cleaning up her viv, and I put a new cool side hide box in (tissue box) and moved some things around so everything would fit better. I put her in and she started exploring right away. However 10 minutes later, she is still going around the viv propping her resting her head on different surfaces. Am I being paranoid or should I worry about an RI? She has no other symptoms, no bubbling, discharge or anything and her humidity is never too high....
I am a little concerned and I would appreciate any advice about what to do with striations (super super minor scratches) and new head resting breaks from exploring behavior.
Thanks!
So I took her out, cleaned out the viv and replaced the bedding. We were playing for a little and then she got away from me and slithered under my door. She is a pretty big girl, at her widest probably a 1.8 inch diameter while the distance from my floor to door bottom is about 1 inch. But she squished herself flat and managed to squeeze under the door. I went and got her from the other side and she was acting normal, but has some minor striations across some of the scales where she is really wide. I am pretty sure they are from scratching herself squeezing under the door. She has had similar striations from bad sheds before, so I am not too worried about that - but do you think she could have gotten hurt being "squished?"
So after that, I finished cleaning up her viv, and I put a new cool side hide box in (tissue box) and moved some things around so everything would fit better. I put her in and she started exploring right away. However 10 minutes later, she is still going around the viv propping her resting her head on different surfaces. Am I being paranoid or should I worry about an RI? She has no other symptoms, no bubbling, discharge or anything and her humidity is never too high....
I am a little concerned and I would appreciate any advice about what to do with striations (super super minor scratches) and new head resting breaks from exploring behavior.
Thanks!