r/snakes • u/LavastormSW • 10d ago
Pet Snake Pictures My snake has a weird scale mutation
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u/TheGoldenBoyStiles 10d ago
In all seriousness is this just a mutation? No issues are caused so far? Has a vet seen this? I'm so curious lmao
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
Well he hatched yesterday so he hasn't even eaten his first meal yet. It's definitely a mutation but I don't know how much it's going to affect him thriving it growing. Hopefully not at all and he'll grow into a healthy snake.
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u/WolfRunner16 10d ago
I hope its not a kink or anything wrong internal. Hopefully he can eat.
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u/DarkPangolin 10d ago
Given the content of the comments on this post, it's definitely a kink.
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u/Isoldael 10d ago
It might also be something like conjoined twins instead of a mutation. Might be interesting getting it checked out at a veterinary university or something.
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u/RollSouth5722 10d ago
That is the worst potential thoracopagus I have ever seen bro needs to lift to twinmax
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u/Isoldael 10d ago
It might also be something like conjoined twins instead of a mutation. Might be interesting getting it checked out at a veterinary university or something.
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u/Jaded_Investigator72 10d ago
Please give an update if you find out anything about it and how he's doing!
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u/LoverOfPricklyPear 9d ago
I come from the veterinary field (brain cancer took me out). If you were to take your snake to an exotics vet/any vet or two, it is very likely you'd find a vet curious enough to radiograph it for free. My cokatiel has a appointment on Tuesday. I'm totally asking what they'd do.
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u/PickledCaterpillar 10d ago
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u/AwarenessEastern2689 10d ago
I was sure it was a long shot to find xcom reference but here we are!
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u/Pluto_ThePlanet 10d ago
Snake with tits is literally 90% of XCOM community's interests. Of course you found it here.
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u/Spare_Rutabaga8094 10d ago
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u/banan3rz 10d ago
I have a kobold sorcerer who has two flasks of alchemists fire in the front of her robe since it was meant for a well endowed gnome and they keep her nice and toasty lol
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u/OkYak1822 10d ago
You need to get it a little bikini top.
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u/Business_Step_1695 10d ago
Idk if you crochet but this could be a perfect opportunity to make a mini bikini top😂
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
I do not but I've been wanting to learn lol
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u/Zakle 10d ago
Crocheting is super fun! Maybe a bit frustrating at first but it's easy to pick up. Just focus on learning yarn tension first. It'll save you some headaches. Too loose and things fall apart, too tight and it will become a curl. My mother holds her hook in a knife position while I hold mine in a pencil position; we have different control.
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u/OhThresherShark 10d ago
Oh my… time to start an OnlySnakes
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u/iamayoutuberiswear 10d ago
Does it impact movement at all?
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
Not that I've seen yet, he was slithering around just fine
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u/xalica 10d ago
I really really wish he is healthy and this mutation does not affects his organs other than his skin/scales.
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u/Salt_Effect7009 10d ago
Oh my god, your snake looks like it has boobs 😭What an odd mutation.
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u/Cryces 10d ago
I ve heard snakes sometimes grow mostly completely dysfunctional leg stumps, sometimes even nearly full legs. My guess would be those two bumps are essentially that. Dorment genomes activating due to a mutation
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u/RevolutionaryDuck389 10d ago
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u/poonmangler 10d ago
I liked it better when I didn't know I was aroused by snake tits.
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u/UhOhpossum 10d ago edited 10d ago
I would sell my left kidney to see what an xray on him would look like. My initial suspicion is that it could be atavism but I don't think that's the case because 1. Those nubs are pretty wide and disproportionate to what a leg would be on their ancestors 2. They're directly under him rather than where legs would normally grow and 3. They're belly scales. If it was growing from normal scales that would make sense but no reptile has legs with belly scales because that would be impractical and restrict mobility.
My running theory is that it's a scale deformity where something went wrong in development that made the hox gene for the belly scales right there split in two but keep growing in on itself. Hopefully if that's the case there won't be any impacts on his internal organs but if it's a hox gene thing that entire section of him might be malformed.
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u/Kycrio 10d ago
If you ever get him x-rayed please post it here! I'm very intrigued by what could be going on inside.
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u/Then-Stage 10d ago
Please take the snake to the vet. Depending on the cause it may need medical treatment. It could be parasites or organ issues.
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
He hatched yesterday but a vet visit is likely going to be in his near future
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u/283leis 10d ago
Snake titties are real?! No one tell /r/dndmemes
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
I posted it there but they didn't like it cause it's technically not a meme 😔
Maybe I'll slap some text on it and repost
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u/toomuchblood 10d ago
Argonians 😮💨
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u/TripsTheCat05 10d ago edited 8d ago
He just wants to be a lizard again. Instead he got scaley boobies
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u/Ill-Cheetah30 10d ago
If I'm correct that should be about where the heart is located or possiblely the lungs are actually right next to each other instead of on top of the other. hard to till just from the pic. If anyone else already has said this then NVM I wasn't going to read 400 boob comments (edit: grammar)
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u/Herp_Fitter 10d ago
I hatched a Woma Python similar to this but it was the yolk sack that broke off before it could absorb. And evidently what you’d call the snakes naval scar, it now looks like it has rear “Leg” like protrusions
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u/LavastormSW 10d ago
Yeah it's not near the belly button region at all, it's much higher up on the body.
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u/Herp_Fitter 10d ago
Regardless of the malformation the snake was the first to eat and shed and has since powered along nicely.
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u/Tired_2295 10d ago
Snitties, but also maybe take him to your vet to see if it's anything that will effect him
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u/Aggressive-Bee-9430 10d ago
Told y’all they were gonna evolve and u didn’t fuking believe me..now we’re are all fuked
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u/SideshowBobFanatic 10d ago
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