bp belly rot?

Poor snake.. Bringing the animal to a qualified vet would be the best solution. But since you cant as of the moment, it would be best to keep him in a dry enclosure, increase the heat, continue w/ the antibac ointment and placing a smaller bowl on the enclosure to avoid him from soaking that might make the rot worst.

OMG :O poor little guy! best of luck!

I had to deal with scale rot as an early keeper, my lesser as a baby kept spilling his water bowl every night and it got to the point where he devolved it, new water bowl fixed that problem. I treated him at home with just neosporn and cleaning his cage every day until he shed twice, thats when the wounded didn't look open anymore. He still has a scar even into adulthood.

now with that said, he only had a 2 inch area that had it, your snake looks like most of the belly... i guess if you have no option, keep treating with neosporn and clean the cage every day or even more often than that. paper towel is cheap, keep changing it. If it gets any worse, you need to see a vet or give the snake to someone who has the funds to deal with it sorry to say.

maybe you may not be able to afford the costs of an entire vet bill all at once but can you try and see if one will make a payment arrangement with you? i'm sure if you explain your financial situation they just might be willing to work with you...
but some things just cannot be treated exclusively at home.
i always say "it's better to try and fail then to fail by not trying at all."
what i mean by that is if you contact every herp vet you can in your area and every last one refuses to help you then you have no choice but to try your luck with home treatment...and hope for the best.
good luck. :)

It looks to be a burn, until you can get the animal to a vet, soak him with tepid water and betadine solution daily (10 min.), apply silvadene burn cream after soaks. keep on paper substrate, check on him often. Monitor wounds for increased redness, swelling.

Best of luck :)

btw is that heat pad on a thermostat?

I'm thinking it looks like it's infected. Putting ointment on it can only do so much. In my opinion he needs vet care so he can get antibiotics. If you can't afford it, like others said, find someone who can, or set up a payment plan. I've never heard of a vet not taking a payment plan with some sort of deposit.

Let me ask you, if you had a burn like that on your arm with puss and blood and 3rd degree symptoms; would you go to the doctor? Maybe even the ER?

Think about the pain that animal is going through. Take it to the vet, or give it away to someone who will.

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Originally Posted by mkysgrl85

sorry don't exactly have the money for a vet right now.. need to know if there is something i can do at home...

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If you don't have the money and you can't fix it yourself, then what is your plan? You should be taking it to a vet. Find the money.Borrow or set up a plan like others have mentioned. Part of the responsibility of having a pet is taking care of it if it gets sick. Do you want to risk your snake getting worse just so you can save a few bucks? If you can't take care of your own pet the least you could do is give it to someone who will.

Look into program called Care Credit. This program is a credit card STRICTLY for health care for persons/animals ONLY.

It allows payments like credit card.

http://www.carecredit.com/

Sorry to see this..but like everyone has stated you should TRY to figure out a way to get the snake to a vet..It does look like scale root..for the mean time,keep him dry,keep cleaning the affected area, and continue putting neosporn..Good luck