Prolapsed something, total newb, trying to do my best

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Originally Posted by Inarikins

OP has had the snake for 2 months and taking it back would probably be a death sentence for the poor thing anyways. The people there wouldn't have the knowledge or the ability (and the store wouldn't pay for treatment) and it would be miserable then dead. We all know most big box stores can't adequately care for an otherwise healthy snake, why would they be able to take care of one that's injured?

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Oops, didn't see that.

Flying blind on a rocket cycle. Charles is surviving. I have no idea what to do.

If the swelling doesn't go down with the sugar water, you may need to take him to a reptile vet to have it looked at.

At this point I would say a vet is necessary.

The bandaid kinda made me giggle a little! Aww hello kitty!!

Well, he seems to be doing ok. I used Hello Kitty because they kind of suck at sticking. I took it off when I got home today, it didn't seem to hurt his scales at all. I took a picture of his underside. He is just chillin' with me right now so he is still acting his sweet normal self. He seems to be just a bit swollen but healing nicely... https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-n...373/13%2B-%2B1

Charles passed something solid last night. His vent was a bit swollen and I feared he was relapsing but everything went back to normal on its own. I put a small amount of sugar paste on to help with swelling, rinsed, and applied some neosporin. I am going to skip feeding this week to give him a good period of recovery time before he tries to digest anything else. If this is weong say something. I am just hoping everything is fine now and that this will never happen again. *sigh*

If something goes wrong again and you consider this pet your 'baby', please take it to a reptile vet. I'm glad it's OK but this thread reads more like Dr. Jekyl than Doogie Howser, WebMD. You should feel very lucky that this so far seems to have turned in your favor, regardless of whatever terrible discomfort you put your pet through with crackpot YouTube trial and error.

GL in the future

I just figured I'd give an update. Charles is eating, crapping, and shedding just fine. Even the spur that looked like it got messed up is ok now. He is a happy snake and we are bonding nicely. Humidity issues have been solved. Thanks for being so 'kind".

Glad everything is OK now. BP's usually are pretty tough and good first-time snakes.
FYI - I've been told NOT to use neosporin as it can desolve the scales if left on for too long. Funny thing is, noesporin is the FIRST thing we reach for to treat a wound.

Andy - :snake:

P. S. welcome to the forum. It's a great place to learn!!!

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Originally Posted by Andys-Python

Glad everything is OK now. BP's usually are pretty tough and good first-time snakes.
FYI - I've been told NOT to use neosporin as it can desolve the scales if left on for too long. Funny thing is, noesporin is the FIRST thing we reach for to treat a wound.

Andy - :snake:

P. S. welcome to the forum. It's a great place to learn!!!

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Neosporin, and any other petroleum based products, are not ideal for use on snakes because they soften the scales and cause individual scale shedding. There are much better alternatives (Silver Sulfadiazine aka SSD is one), but they are not necessarily available without a prescription. So, people tend to use Neosporin because it is easy to get.