Help.. Boa with mouth rot, ri and just plain sick?

[akaangela]

This eve I went out to feed my ratties and found shoe box that was not suppose to be there. I peeked inside and was horrified to find a boa. I have no idea where he/she came from, but it is well known in the neighborhood that I like snakes. This poor boy is in trouble. He was laying on newspaper with about 1/2 inch of water under him and it was very slimy when I cleaned it out (I put on gloves and a mask when I cleaned out his cage.) I set up an emergency spot in the rat room for him where he is warm, dry and safe. He has a HUGE sore on his nose, and bubbles coming out the other nostrul. His mouth looks like it has white/yellow gunk covering his entire jaw. (I think it is mouth rot). I sent out my roommate to get what she could and she brought back some zoomed "repti wound-healing aid" I am not sure how contagious he is that is why he is still outside as of right now, but his temps are holding steady at 92 hot side 82 cold side. He has a bowl of water and is on white paper towels. He has a partial shed and is just in horrible shape. Here are some photos. What should I do with him? If it is mouth rot is it contagious?



This is the best photo I could get of him. He didn't even struggle much when I opened his mouth. It looked like his mouth was sealed shut, so I picked out a bit of the gunk so he could at least breath (it was like cottage cheese gunk).
I cant take him to a vet until tomorrow. Please help!

[Jason Bowden]

Looks horrible.
I would probably put him down. IMO Please don't hold this against me!
You could go to a vet to find that they say the same.
Some one did him wrongly for a long time.

[Jason Bowden]

Mouth rot --- YES!!!

Keep him away from your collection!

Bubbles --- RI! NOT GOOD! You know his chances are slim!

[bsash]

That happened to me with a baby Savannah monitor one time, it died four hours after being at my home. Good luck with your little one there.

[mrmertz]

100% time for for this poor guy to visit a good vet!

If it were me (and you're not, so I understand), I'd keep it quarantined and get over to the vet ASAP. If there was any chance this guy/gal would pull through based upon what the vet says (attack the mouth rot, RI, etc) and dependant on my funds - I'd go for it. But I'm no vet, I don't know your financial situation and based on what you have posted, it doesn't sound too good.

The thing I hope over-all is that whoever owned him/her doesn't get another one. They took a perfectly healthy snake and slowly over time killed it in the name of ignorance.

My heart goes out to you.

[llovelace]

Quarantine, then off to the vet in the am

[akaangela]

Well I took this poor guy to the vet and yes he has mouth rot, scale rot and an RI. He is malnourished and dehydrated. I am going to give him a chance and see if I can save him. He is such a sweet boy. I hate what his last owner did to him. So send good vibs to this boy, he needs all the help he can get.

[Aeries]

Poor buddy! Good luck with him! Was the vet fairly positive about his chances?

[akaangela]

The vet said if he lives through the next couple of days he has about a 40% chance of making it. So the next week is going to be touch and go.

[CoolioTiffany]

That is a nice looking boa,

I just can't believe how ignorant people can be.

Makes me sick sometimes, and if I had the money I would totally take sick snakes into my care, treat them, and give them good homes.

This is just disgusting on how someone could let a snake get this way. I really hope that boa makes it.

If he isn't doing well and not responding well or at all to the medication, the best thing to do would be to euthanize him. But hopefully he'll pull through, this boa needs a good home with you and I'm most positive you'd give him the best home.

For a case like this I would quarantine him for a really long time even if he does get better. I'd shoot for 7 months to a year of quarantine, and make sure you do your best to take the precautions to not spread what he has.

Good luck