Need Urgent Help ASAP!!!

[Naraku]

One of my ball pythons managed to squeezed his way out of his cage while I was sleeping. I woke up this morning to find him really cold but alive on the ground. I looked him over after quickly giving him a warm bath. Since he just barely managed to open the cage top and squeeze through, the tight fit caused him to have a two really bad wound from scraping against the cage and the cage top. There has been barely any blood, but you can see pink flesh. The closes reptile vet is no where close to me (almost in the next state over). What can I do to treat his wound? So far he is acting his normal self and is still pretty active around his cage. I cleaned it, put fresh newspaper and water in there. I just need advice on how to treat his wound and best way to prevent infection.

Link is a picture of the worse wound, the other one is near to the bottom of his tail. Please help, he means the world to my fiancee and I!
https://gyazo.com/3510b9085df938bc7a2b77e1b2dc146a

[redshepherd]

Oh gosh, I'm sorry that's happened. It sounds scary. Can you post pictures of the wound?

Depending on what the wound looks like, if it's a thin gash across, you can clean it and use little bits of incision surgical tape to pull the skin together to close the wound temporarily, while you try to find more solutions.



I just happened to see this thread yesterday of an owner (obviously experienced in treating wounds, but this was completely DIY) who treated a huge gash on his BP at home successfully. You can see the progress and end result on the last page. First picture is of the original wound and a bit graphic. http://www.sareptiles.co.za/forum/vi...p?f=23&t=31154

[BCS]

You are not going to like what I have to say but he needs a vet. That has to be super painful and its pretty large for such a small body. There is nothing that is going to prevent an infection with a wound that large. You are handling him with means bacteria from will may have already infected the wound. Get him to vet.

[dr del]

That is well beyond home treatment.

Are there any zoos or similar near you - contacting them to get vet recommendations might work.

[redshepherd]

Oh gosh, I totally didn't realize that you'd posted a picture.

On top of calling zoos for recommendations, maybe wildlife sanctuaries (though I don't know the chances of that)? You can also try calling your local vets to directly ask who has experience with ball pythons.

[Trey7399]

there is a vet lost in the general herp section of the board. It may be helpful to you. It has recommendations on vets by states.

[wolfy-hound]

While waiting for a vet, you can clean the wound with betadine wound cleaner. The second page of that link has really good information on how to treat yourself if you really have to.

[Naraku]

I live in the center of a state that has like nothing remote animal wise. No zoos and the only reptile vet is literally 3~ hour drive away and considering I have no gps or anything it really isn't remotely feasible to get there considering the stress/temp(very cold here 40~ F during the day).

[Naraku]

I have tripe antibiotic ointment which includes bacitracin zinc, neomycin sulfate, and polymyxin-b sulfate. Is that safe to use?

[wolfy-hound]

Triple-A is ok as long as it does NOT have "pain relief". But you still need to cleanse the wound.

If you get the info on the things from that link, you may be able to ask your local pharmacist for them.