HELP ME PLEASE Swollen mouth PICS!!

Hi everyone

today when i was checking my snakes i found that one of my females has a swollen mouth,
she was born with a small ball like an access in her lower part of its jaw
but today its swollen that she cant event close her mouth (she is 2 years now)

any thoughts about it?

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Sorry for the picture quality

Vet. ASAP.

I don't think there's anything you'll be able to do for that at home, especially if the mass in her mouth has ruptured or suddenly gotten a lot bigger. That doesn't look like a typical mouth infection IMO, so my money is on it being related to the pre-existing mass in her mouth.

EDIT: I didn't notice how pale the skin was inside her mouth. Could just be the pictures. Hopefully nothing is restricting bloodflow to her mouth.

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Originally Posted by DVirginiana

Vet. ASAP.

I don't think there's anything you'll be able to do for that at home, especially if the mass in her mouth has ruptured or suddenly gotten a lot bigger. That doesn't look like a typical mouth infection IMO, so my money is on it being related to the pre-existing mass in her mouth.

EDIT: I didn't notice how pale the skin was inside her mouth. Could just be the pictures. Hopefully nothing is restricting bloodflow to her mouth.

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Her mouth skin isnt that pale what im worried about is that tomorrow is saturday and the vet is closed you think its gonna be a problem if i wait till monday
Unfortunately most of the vets around my area are closed

http://www.emergencyanimalclinicdallas.com/ - they might be able to refer you to an exotic specialist open on the weekend.

Hmmmm. That looks pretty bad. However, I have had two snakes that suddenly developed a swollen lower jaw the day after eating. After inspecting the inside of my snakes mouths and finding nothing obviously damaged or infected, I opted to watch and wait. The swelling in both cases went down over the next week or so and they resumed eating again. I assumed a broken tooth or the feeders teeth/claws abrading the inside of the mouth. I am not saying you should not get to the vet as your girl looks more swollen than either of mine did, but wanted to give you a little hope of this resolving and your girl living a long happy life after this is all over. I would try and take a look in that mouth just to see if you find anything really obvious like infection or a wood chip or something. Did she eat recently?

Edit: Oh yeah, one of my snakes had a live rat before the swelling but the other one had a frozen thawed so I do not think the feeder actively injured my snakes.

I'd do all I could to find an emergency vet if that's the only option... With there being a pre-existing mass in her mouth, I would worry that it has ruptured (and could be potentially dumping some nasty things into the tissue around the mouth if that's the case).

IMO, this is a case of immediate herp vet intervention! What really worries me about the swelling is it involves the lower jaw and that is the area of the airway of the animal. This swelling could potentially close off the trachea and the ability of the animal to breathe! Very serious condition. Does it seem or sound like she has noisy breathing? :( Good luck and let us know!

She looks normal and and she is breathing normally
I will find a vet to take her asap

Anyone knows how much would it cost to treat this?
Just to know how much im looking to spend

Thanks

My guess is typical office visit charge, plus a charge for either aspirating some fluid from the swollen area or an Xray of it (or something similar to that), then either a medication or surgery charge depending on what the problem ends up being.

Don't really know how to ballpark costs, since all vets are different, but in a best case scenario I imagine this will set you back at least a couple hundred. That's just going by what my herp vet charges though.