Re: Mouth/striking Injury
After posting I managed to stumble upon this older taptalk thread with a green tree python with similar injuries.
https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/more...ts-t15030.html
The blood in photos was fresh at the time which in hindsight sent me into FULL PANIC/useless mom mode. I was especially concerned at the possibility she may have been bleeding all night and into this afternoon. Because it's late day Friday and I am in a exotic vet-poor region my appointment is not until Monday. My main concern was she could have a broken tooth in a weird position which might be causing re-injury so I quickly went to the store and picked up spray sterile saline (AKA this: https://www.walmart.com/ip/Arm-Hamme...-1-OZ/46022457) to flush out her mouth. I was unable to find chlorahexidine and am severely allergic to betadine so sterile saline was the best I could do in a pinch that I was certain would be safe for a small snake. When I got home the blood was dried and she was no longer bleeding. Upon opening and flushing her mouth I can see she lost a large front tooth but overall her mouth looks very healthy (i.e. her body is working well to heal on it's own). I could be imagining it but the swelling in her jaw also appeared to have lessened and she is now able to close both sides of her mouth.In hindsight I think I may have caught her when she was actively "shedding" that tooth hence all the blood (which was probably a little blood and a lot of saliva). Also worth noting she is a total DREAM to work with! Glad this didn't happen to some of my other not so chill GTPs.