Sick Ball

[Kitkat]

I have a sick ball and I have no clue what might be wrong with her and I just found out that there are no licensed reptile vets in my area
Here´s the thing, I´ve had my ball for about two years, she´s always been very healthy, then a few weeks ago I fed her (I´ve never had any problems feeding her) and she regurgitated it almost instantly, I checked her out to see if there was something wrong with her but I couldn´t find anything. I tried feeding her again two days later and then everything went fine.
Usually when I feed her I leave her alone for a couple of days. The next time I picked her up her almost entire belly was just one big wound I cleaned out her cage, switched to newspapers, steralized everything) still it seems to be getting worse.
I´ve been looking at pictures on the internet of scale rot and they don´t seem to match, there are no liqued filled blisters on her, there is no puss, but she seems to be getting more more small sores everywhere not just on her belly I´ve been wondering if whatever is wrong with her might be in her blood or if she ate a bad mouse (I feed her frozen mice) If anyone here has any idea of what might be wrong with her or if this is scale rot and she needs antibiotics maybe if I knew what antbiotics to give her I could get them from the vet? Please help me save my snake!

[LadyOhh]

What are your temps?

What is your setup like?

What have you been feeding her, and how large compared to her own body?

[Patrick Long]

A friend of mine lost his entire collection to something very similar to what that sounds like. His snakes were seriously being eating alive by a flesh eating like virus. Even the vets out here (that were licensed) had no idea what it was. He said that it happens so fast too, how long of a duration is there between new discoveries?

[joepythons]

I have a sick ball and I have no clue what might be wrong with her and I just found out that there are no licensed reptile vets in my area
Here´s the thing, I´ve had my ball for about two years, she´s always been very healthy, then a few weeks ago I fed her (I´ve never had any problems feeding her) and she regurgitated it almost instantly, I checked her out to see if there was something wrong with her but I couldn´t find anything. I tried feeding her again two days later and then everything went fine.
Usually when I feed her I leave her alone for a couple of days. The next time I picked her up her almost entire belly was just one big wound I cleaned out her cage, switched to newspapers, steralized everything) still it seems to be getting worse.
I´ve been looking at pictures on the internet of scale rot and they don´t seem to match, there are no liqued filled blisters on her, there is no puss, but she seems to be getting more more small sores everywhere not just on her belly I´ve been wondering if whatever is wrong with her might be in her blood or if she ate a bad mouse (I feed her frozen mice) If anyone here has any idea of what might be wrong with her or if this is scale rot and she needs antibiotics maybe if I knew what antbiotics to give her I could get them from the vet? Please help me save my snake!

If she is that bad then no one here can give you any idea of how to treat it safely.How do you know there are no licensed vets in your area?

[Kitkat]

I lowered the humidity - was around 60, I lowered it to be between 40 - 50, I also raised the heat.
She has a waterdisch to soak in but I took it out and put in a smaller one (read somewhere that if she has any wounds soking is probably not a good idea)
I´ve only been feeding her frozen mice that are little bigger than her head
There is not long duration between new discoveries, maybe couple of days between new wounds
I have vets in my area, just none that will take snakes, I checked

[joepythons]

I lowered the humidity - was around 60, I lowered it to be between 40 - 50, I also raised the heat.
She has a waterdisch to soak in but I took it out and put in a smaller one (read somewhere that if she has any wounds soking is probably not a good idea)
I´ve only been feeding her frozen mice that are little bigger than her head
There is not long duration between new discoveries, maybe couple of days between new wounds
I have vets in my area, just none that will take snakes, I checked

Where are you located?

[rabernet]

Have you looked for a vet in your area on either of these lists?

http://www.arav.org/Directory.htm

http://www.anapsid.org/vets/index.html#vetlist

I've heard that if a regurge isn't discovered right away, and the snake has time to get through the stomach acids, it can cause what you're seeing. I don't know the validity of this, as I've never seen it first hand, but I remember something similar being posted here before.

See if you can find a vet on either of those two links and then make an appointment sooner rather than later to get him seen.

[Kitkat]

Thank you for your reply´s and trying to help me find a vet. I live in Norway and it´s not on either of these lists
I´m going to try to talk to the pet store, since they are open today, they have snakes and stuff so they must know something. Also a friend of mine had a sick turtle a few years ago and took her to a vet that could help, I´m trying to find out if he´s still in business.

[Kitkat]

Great news I found a vet who is willing to see her

[rabernet]

Good job - please do report back what he thinks is happening - as it may help someone else in the future! Our thoughts will be with you!