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ErikBush97
10-18-13, 03:35 PM
Think I should take her to the vet? Went from red/fleshy to yellow and black.
marvelfreak
10-18-13, 03:37 PM
ASAP that looks like it getting bad maybe even infected.
ErikBush97
10-18-13, 03:41 PM
ASAP that looks like it getting bad maybe even infected.

I don't have any money until Wednesday, so I'll call and make an appointment for Wednesday
ErikBush97
10-18-13, 03:48 PM
So I'm going to put triple antibiotic ointment on it once in the morning and once before bed until the appointment and hopefully it'll just go away before then... If not, we'll go to the vets.

Edit: just called the vet and they said to do basically what I just said I would .. They said put it on once to twice a day and if I don't see any improvement in one - two weeks time, to get her into the vet. They said that I'd basically be paying $65 for them to telI me to do exactly what I'm already doing if I came into the vet right now.. so they want me to wait 1-2 more weeks.
Starbuck
10-18-13, 04:24 PM
I would tell them that you have BEEN doing that for AT LEAST a week, and it has not gotten better it has gotten worse. You should be doing a culture and sensitivity test so they can tell you what kind of bacteria and >>>> what kind of antibiotic you should be using. Bacterial infections on snakes can be pretty nasty bugs that wont respond to regular antibiotics.

ALTHOUGH: when my honduran had her skin lesions (i hve a thread posted with pictures), they looked significantly worse immediately before and after her shed. Is your snake due to shed any time soon?
shaunyboy
10-18-13, 04:38 PM
ASAP that looks like it getting bad maybe even infected.

^^^^^
i agree with Chuck mate

it looks like it may be infected and maybe even necrotic

please let us know how it goes at the vets

cheers shaun
ErikBush97
10-18-13, 04:51 PM
I would tell them that you have BEEN doing that for AT LEAST a week, and it has not gotten better it has gotten worse. You should be doing a culture and sensitivity test so they can tell you what kind of bacteria and >>>> what kind of antibiotic you should be using. Bacterial infections on snakes can be pretty nasty bugs that wont respond to regular antibiotics.

ALTHOUGH: when my honduran had her skin lesions (i hve a thread posted with pictures), they looked significantly worse immediately before and after her shed. Is your snake due to shed any time soon?

I did tell them and they still suggested that. She was in shed about a month and a half ago when I got her so I doubt she's about to shed anytime soon.
ErikBush97
10-18-13, 04:53 PM
I'm just going to take her in Wednesday regardless of what the vet is saying.
Jendee
10-21-13, 05:30 AM
I think it looks normal .. idk I might get jumped for saying that. but the darker color looks like scab tissue the yellow is just from the moisture of the cream youve been using. its not bumped up, raised or full of fluid. I have seen way worse and wouldnt consider that a vet trip especially if the animal is having regular functions
ErikBush97
10-21-13, 11:48 AM
It's nearly gone. :)
ErikBush97
10-21-13, 11:59 AM
All the yellow and black puss has gone away. It just looks like a sore now.
Snakesitter
10-21-13, 01:43 PM
Good news!
Starbuck
10-21-13, 02:23 PM
I'd like to see what it looks like after a shed, should ben interesting
ErikBush97
10-21-13, 05:17 PM
I'm sure it'll be awhile before she sheds again, but I'll post pictures of it when I get back from work :)
shaunyboy
10-22-13, 08:06 AM
I'm sure it'll be awhile before she sheds again, but I'll post pictures of it when I get back from work :)

usually when a snakes been hurt it will shed more often,so you may get a shed sooner than you think mate

i'm glad to hear it's all cleared up

cheers shaun
marvelfreak
10-22-13, 09:32 AM
It's nearly gone. :)
Already? Can we see pictures? I never seen one heal that fast.
ErikBush97
10-22-13, 03:07 PM
The tissue isn't yellow anymore and it's looking better every day.

http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3766/10428552666_5d5e29a767.jpg
Starbuck
10-22-13, 06:58 PM
I'm guessing she is gearing up for a shed, I predict ot will look about the same for a while, then after she sheds it may look better, but more oozy etc. I'd treat it if it looks oozy for a few days post shed with the triple antibiotic cream, and then let it be and let her body do the rest.
Starbuck
10-22-13, 06:59 PM
Did you figure out what she was rubbing on? In your most recemt pic it looks like there are quite a few lesions, at midline and above her right eye?
ErikBush97
10-23-13, 03:48 PM
Did you figure out what she was rubbing on? In your most recemt pic it looks like there are quite a few lesions, at midline and above her right eye?

She doesn't have anywhere to rub anymore. Her new cage doesn't have any spaces for her to stick her head through