This is Jake.
He is a wonderful snake that has had a really rough time of it. This is what I have to do to him twice a day for the next 3 weeks.
This is all a result of a mouth rot infections gone awry.
The vet needed to open his face up again because all of the tissue under his old stitches
went necrotic and only the scales were holding his face together. The hope now is that with injectible antibiotics and twice daily cleaning that there will be no place for an abcess to form again. I will hopefully know by Monday if this is working. If it is not, I will probably have to put him down as there is nothing else that can be done. I really don't want to have to, but it is no life at all to continue to cut his face away. He, and I, are running out of options.
I really hurts me to have to consider putting him down, but I must be realistic. If his life is only going to be constant pain and surgery, that is no life at all. I also do not have a bottomless check book to continue to pay for it. I considered putting him up for adoption, but is it fair to pawn an unhealthy animal off on someone? I almost think that is why I go him so cheaply. i don't know. This ****ing sucks!
Tracy
I hope this NEVER happens to you!
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