Skin grossness- milk snake - Page 2

slowhite03 · 05-04-13, 01:46 PM

I think she was just in a bad place and now she is in a better place getting proper care. It's a long phase to get it better but it looks like she's making progress. I'm sure the vet will give you antibiotics of some sort

Starbuck · 05-06-13, 05:43 PM

SHE ATE!!!!!!

Tried her with a F/T adult mouse, very warm, and she took it no problems on try one

Chunked it down in no time and was looking for more

I still have a vet appt for her on the 22nd to get her skin/self checked out, but i am hugely relieved that she has eaten

It looks like all she needed was some heat and some r&r

Starbuck · 05-06-13, 06:37 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jx...ature=youtu.be

here is the tail end of the video of her eating her mouse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1jx...ature=youtu.be

Mark Taylor · 05-07-13, 01:36 AM

Glad to here she ate for you great news.

Starbuck · 05-11-13, 06:28 PM

took her out for another betadine treatment today (see attached pics of lesions), she did really well and looks good otherwise. No sign of a poop, but i am not concerned yet (she only ate one week ago). replaced the moss in her humid hide, and fed her 2 adult mice, and measured her.... FIVE FEET AND 2 INCHES!!! what a monster

Im a bit concerned that she is under weight, when i took her out it seemed her belly was super sucked in; concave when it should be flat or convex; hence the upped feed. I forgot to weigh her, so idk if she has changed form 914 grams :/ vet appt is next week

Starbuck · 05-11-13, 06:31 PM

oops:
second pic is her on my boyfriends arm; she wasnt angry, just holding on, but she is so strong his veins started to pop out! Its really nice to have such a big snake around the house

Mark Taylor · 05-12-13, 02:20 AM

Looks like she is recovering well any improvement on the tail?

Starbuck · 05-12-13, 06:56 AM

tail looks about the same :/ definitely the worst part. I rinsed that with betadine as well... but will see what the vets say. She can move her tail all the way to the very tip, so i am confident its not involving the bones and nerves (prob not severe frostbite), i think its just a couple layers of yuck.

her feeding response is nuts, after she decides that yes, it IS food, she hits it like a brick and slams it around/against the viv for a bit, before chowing down

would hate to get bit by her heh heh heh

Mark Taylor · 05-12-13, 07:15 AM

My burm is the same except he doesn't wait to see if it's food he knows before I even open his rub, soon as it's open head out and bang, he is the only one I need to use feeding tongs for lol.

Hope the vet visit goes well on the 22nd

Starbuck · 05-14-13, 06:29 PM

she pooped! As far as i know, this is the first one since feb :P it was a big smelly one too. She has also come out of her hide recently and started exploring the viv at night, so hooray for that

That should be it for the general bio posts until we go to the vets next week... thanks for bearing with me all

Starbuck · 05-23-13, 04:02 AM

Demeter went to the vet yesterday, and here is what we found out:

She is blue to shed again... last shed was the first week of this month; so i am guessing she is playing catch up to get these sores all taken care of. I showed the vet my picture diary; and he was surprised at how well it was cleaning itself up. He agreed that the worst part at this time seemed to be the tail, and was somewhat concerned that it could turn septic and infect the rest of her body if left untreated. We took some dental radiographs to see if there was any involvement with the bone...
radiographs didnt show any inflammation in the bones (no infection), but the last three inches or so of the tail all of the bones were kinked up/down (looking from above, there was no change, looking laterally was a slight zig zag appearance). The vet didnt want to say one way or the other, but i think it was frostbite from being outside, and the tissue might actually be dead, so the tendons tightened up causing the bones to kink.
He also said the tip of the tail was necrotic, and would likely need to be amputated at some point in the future, but he wanted to wait and see the extent of the tissue damage before doing surgery.

We scrubbed her back lesions with betadine, and he send home ceftazidine injectable (IM) antibiotic every three days, and silver sulfadiazine ointment for the skin/tail surface (every day).

ALSO; all of the above, the exam, the X-rays, the drugs.... cost me 116 $... which really isnt that much in the grand scheme, as i now have enough burn cream for all my snakes lifetimes, and cool x rays, and a healthier snake. Lots of vets are in it to make a quick buck, but lots of other ones, especially those specializing in reptiles, realize that lots of owners DO have a budget, and are just trying to do the best for their animals.

That should be it for this thread barring any surgeries or unexpected events