Severe bad shed - need a snake guru

[Rickson]

I have a red tail boa that needs some help! I cant bring it to the vet cause im broke. Anyways She is acting perfectly fine...has a great appetite and is responsive. I am taking good care of her however I over looked one thing...humidity. So she developed what looked like a patch of shedding skin on her nose but it was sunked in her nose a bit. I think the skin started to die/rot. I didnt even know about bad shedding for a while till I reserched it. I created my own humidifier which is amazing. After a few days in the humid aquarium blood started to form around the patch on her nose. Then the patch fell of and now it is a raw flesh patch on her nose.....I think this is good cause it is starting the process of healing.

I know snakes are very sensitive so you got to be careful what you expose them to. Anyways my question is Is there anything I can put on the wound for now to help it or speed the process of healing without harming the snake.

[Aaron_S]

Use a basic neosporin. Ones without smell or extra healing things to it. It should help.

Otherwise, keep an eye on your snakes shed. You should check it when it's done to ensure the tip of the tail and the eye caps came off.

[boa.]

skin rot? could be that?

[Rickson]

She has healed up perfectly. Looks like nothing happened. Thanks for the tip.

[siz]

If you don't already have one, I would recommend getting something to measure your humidity. I don't know off the top of my head what the humidity requirements are for RTBs but I'm sure someone else will.

[citysnakes]

i dont think this problem has to do with shedding as she would have to go through a shed cycle for it to be so. are you sure that the patch on her nose was not caused by excessive nose rubbing as an attempt to find an escape from her enclosure? it may be possible that she is trying to escape some stressor from within her environment so it may be a good idea to double check your husbandry just incase.