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Originally Posted by MDT
Hoskins...is your vet a "reptile vet"? I'm not judging, as I don't know jack about reptile "healing process", but in humans it would be very unlikely to close a wound this old. Not that it's never done, just not common. Will you be able to find out if they use absorbable sutures or will they need to be removed after 10 or so days? I'm interested in how this heals over time for a number of reasons. Thanks in advance....
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I actually just got off the phone with her, she calls me every time there's an update, which I like quite a bit! And she did say yesterday that closing the wound would be difficult and somewhat unlikely, but she just called and told me that she was able to successfully debride and close it! And I can ask for you, is an absorbably suture one that's absorbed into the healing tissue rather than falling out?
She also said that she's started a shedding cycle already because of the wound, and once it starts to peel back, she wants me to trim it around the wound so the sutures aren't shed with it, if that tells you anything.
She also mentioned that once the shed is complete, that tube feeding will need to be done, which I'll have to research, as I know nothing about it.
Not to jinx anything, and we're not out of the woods yet, as it could still become infected (she's giving me an antibiotic, I believe she said silvadene cream), but I have a good feeling, and I'm excited to go pick her up tomorrow!
If anyone has any advice for tube-feeding, trimming the shed, or applying antibiotics, please let me know! I'm still kind of an amateur herp-owner, with only a one year old kingsnake and a three month-old ball python with lots to learn. Thanks for everyone's advice and support thus far, I plan on keeping you all updated.
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