Injured Ball Python

[shaunyboy]

Originally Posted by Lankyrob

In humans once a wound has been open for 24 hours they wont stitch it due to the risk of infection,

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up until a few years i ago i believed that to be true rob

so when i headed to hospital 36 hours after putting my teeth through my bottom lip,i thought " well at least they won't stitch it,it been over 24 hours "

all the doctor did rob,was open a pack with a sterile scrubbing brush/nail brush and scrub my wound,until it was fresh and raw,he explained it was to clean it and roughen the surface,so it would knit together better

6 stiches later " MYTH BUSTED "

cheers shaun

[Lankyrob]

Fair enough been a few years since i have needed a wound stitched so not surprised if my info is out of date

[Gungirl]

When I was 15 I was camping and split open my knee bad. We wrapped it up and left it alone, we still had 3 days of camping left and I was not about to cut that short. When we got back to town they did just what Shaun said. They ripped it back open cut off some dead skin and scrubbed it out to get all new flesh exposed. Hurt like heck! Then they put in 4 staples and let it heal up.

[Snakefood]

ugh!! I hate staples!! I have had 2 surgeries and before both, I told the surgeons, "no staples, stitch me up like a human being, I am not a document!!"

I was traumatized as a child when they took my mamma's thyriod out, they stapled her up and left a "drain" and did not bandage it, THEN let her 10 yr old daughter walk in!! I pretty much freaked out cuz the slit across mamma's neck was reminicent of Frankenstien and it scared the hell out of me!!

[lady_bug87]

when my grandmother had breast cancer surgery they stapled her which I asked them not to I also asked them not to put the regular adhesive tape on her and to use the one for sensitive skin which is less sticky because she has Lupus so her skin is really thin from hermeds

so they stapled her which really tore her skin and then they put the regular super sticky tape on her which ripped her skin off.. I snapped

[Strutter769]

Don't forget about the pythons!

[KORBIN5895]

Um Roy? What do the pythons have to do with this thread?

[Strutter769]

I thought the way it started was pretty focussed around one python.

[KORBIN5895]

Nope. Pretty sure it's about staples. Speaking of which I need copier paper.

[Strutter769]

That's a pretty funny name I came up with for the string then I'd say. Wouldn't you agree?

[KORBIN5895]

Yes I would. You must be on something. It could be possible that the thread got slightly derailed, but I doubt it.

[Strutter769]

I direct your attention to the first post of the thread, which I have included here, free of charge.

Not the best picture. I'll try to get more later. We have both Toffees in an 80 gal (I think) that we divided with some linoleum tile. (I know, bad idea. Financially, we had to make do with what we had.)

I'll have to get to the vet asap, but any advice in the meantime? Ointment? Antibacterial? __________________

[KORBIN5895]

That's one big bowl of toffee!

[Strutter769]

One big AVAILABLE bowl of Toffees.