Urgent please help: Peaches got hurt

Hi all,
I hoped I wouldn't have to make a post like this but here we go. The boyfriend and I went away for a few days, and when the person minding them finally checked on them last night (we've been gone since Sunday) they found Peaches had somehow (with locked glass) managed to push the glass across and slide out, before getting stuck. I honestly don't know how long she'd been there, but she was alive and got put back but when we got back today after being told she was fine we've found her with wounds on her side and also near her butt. They are bloody, but there is no fresh blood and although she bulges it dosen't feel like any ribs are broken.

Sorry about the bad photos, we were trying to not pull her too much and it's dark out:
Bulging around where she got stuck:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/zMRRpp1.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/jfkACRw.jpg

https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/Vo3UKP9.jpg

It looks a lot worse in person, and I'm very worried. She dosen't seem too distressed, and did her usual defensive posture when we picked up her hide. her eyes are bright and she is interested in her surroundings. She's currently trying to escape the box we've put her in to clean out her viv and put paper towels down to stop infections since blood means an open wound.

What should I do now? We cannot get Neosporin in the UK (only on prescription apparently) so I don't know if there is anything I can do right now. we are ready to phone the vet tomorrow morning.

Please help, I'm so worried about her :(

Silver sulfadiazine works as well if you can get that (brand names include silvadene). Betadine can work as well. Vet trip would definitely be good. Hopefully it's just external damage and all will be well.

since you were away and couldn't really assess what happened, i would recommend a vet just to be safe if you can swing it. idk much about wound care. it almost looks like she might have thrashed about, making it all much worse. ):

sending positive vibes ~~~

Thank you, will 100% call the vet and get her in. She's gone back into her viv now and is slithering about (as I type this she is having a good drink lol) and she isn't dragging her tail/section below where the wound is so I'm taking that as a good sign.

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Originally Posted by Booper

Thank you, will 100% call the vet and get her in. She's gone back into her viv now and is slithering about (as I type this she is having a good drink lol) and she isn't dragging her tail/section below where the wound is so I'm taking that as a good sign.

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please keep us posted. if you say she's moving normally, then yes that sounds like a good sign. just so i have a better picture: where at on the body is the wound? like that last quarter section? jc.

I don't have much experience with injuries, but I agree with what tttaylorrr said. If it was me in your situation I'd make a vet appt more as a precaution than anything else, especially since I wasn't there to see what happened.

Good luck, please keep us posted. Sending best wishes to you and Peaches

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Originally Posted by tttaylorrr

where at on the body is the wound? like that last quarter section? jc.

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Yeah, it's pretty much the last quarter. Will update tommorow and have a look at buying some Betadine as that seems like the most easiest to get ahold of. Who knew most antiseptics are prescription only in the UK?

I just can't believe some people... the person looking after them failed to mention they don't like snakes... they were ready to leave Peaches where she was and even hung up the phone when we insisted that Peaches would die if left there... Now that I'm a bit less worried about Peaches I'm getting more angry about how people think that snakes are 'wild animals' (their words) and it was 'completely different to if their cat got stuck in a door' (also their words). Peaches and the others are my babies and I will be absolutely devastated if anything worse happens to her. Absolutely gobsmacked that people still think like that :mad:

That's so terrible! Why wouldn't they just say that upfront so you can find someone else??

I have a friend who I'm sure would look after my snakes if I needed it and she's hung out with them plenty, but now I'm even more convinced that if I needed someone else, I have to insist on seeing them hold the snakes first.

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Originally Posted by Booper

I just can't believe some people... the person looking after them failed to mention they don't like snakes... they were ready to leave Peaches where she was and even hung up the phone when we insisted that Peaches would die if left there... Now that I'm a bit less worried about Peaches I'm getting more angry about how people think that snakes are 'wild animals' (their words) and it was 'completely different to if their cat got stuck in a door' (also their words). Peaches and the others are my babies and I will be absolutely devastated if anything worse happens to her. Absolutely gobsmacked that people still think like that :mad:

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:( you poor thing...i'm so sorry you (and Peaches) have to go through this. what they put you both through was nothing but an act of selfishness.

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They've looked after the snakes on multiple occasions so I didn't think anything of it... more fool me. I'm just so relived that a relative talked some sense into them, I really do hate to think what would've happened if Peaches had been there until tonight.
Thank you all so much though, I really was panicking when I saw her but I feel a lot more chill now, now it's just a waiting game to see what the vet says.