• @dingus@lemmy.world
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    2720 hours ago

    It seems like this would negatively impact the health of the snake. Do we have any scale-less snake experts?

    • Communist
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      612 hours ago

      In captivity it’s fine, however some scaleless morphs are detrimental to survival, there are no safe scaleless ball python morphs for example, this is a rat/corn snake, they have one of the benign ones

    • @LouisGarbuor@sh.itjust.works
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      2119 hours ago

      Not an expert, but I have heard that this isn’t a big deal for the snake. Scaleless rat snakes (which I believe the picture to be) have been found in the wild doing pretty alright. There is a benefit to be had from scales, but in captivity I imagine it is alright.

      Pretty sure I heard it from a video by All Canadian Reptile Girl