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Pinched spot???

MythHorse

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Ok, so I got my beautiful little Plasma girl, Aphrodite, about a month ago. She's about 3 months old and was in perfect health when I got her. No bumps, healthy eater, and shed about a week after I got her. Two weeks ago I noticed she had a pinched spot about two inches back from her head. It still has not gone away yet and there is a greenish mass at that point as well. It almost looks like food that's gotten stuck. Anyways, I haven't fed her for two weeks because I was worried that the pinched spot could cause problems with feeding. She is my third snake and my husband has had three snakes and we have never seen anything like this before. He thought maybe she had an incomplete shed, but her shedded skin is in all in one solid piece. When I looked this up online, the closest thing I could find was that it might be something like a benine tumor that wouldn't affect her other than pressing on her ribs.

What should I do? Is she ok and I shouldn't worry or should I take her to the vet? Should I feed her and hope nothing's wrong? Also, if this isn't something to worry about health wise, is it something that could hurt her if she were to be bred in three years? (least concern, but don't want to accidentally hurt her by breeding her some day). If it is nothing to worry about, I don't want to make her wait for food another week, especially when she's so young.
 
A photo would help, but ultimately you need to see a vet to get it diagnosed properly.

I'd think if it was food, it would be further down. Their stomachs are about half way down their body and food is unlikely to stop being swallowed before the stomach and not be regurgitated.

A benign tumour in the "right" place needn't affect her quality of life, although it depends where it is and if/how fast it grows. However, I really think you need a vet on this one.
 
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