scales irritated and peeling after shedding

this was something that was slowly progressing. i was not ignoring it, however treatments that i tried were not working and it was still progressing, which is why i came here. i’m now realizing i should have done so sooner, which was bad on my part so i apologize. I do have various anitbiotics of different strengths and silver sulfadiazine so if you think i should try those, i will.

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this was something that was slowly progressing. i was not ignoring it, however treatments that i tried were not working and it was still progressing, which is why i came here. i’m now realizing i should have done so sooner, which was bad on my part so i apologize. I do have various anitbiotics of different strengths and silver sulfadiazine so if you think i should try those, i will.

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You need to get the heat pad controlled. Burns work their way in deeply into the tissue. Now you have raw exposed inner layers of skin. That get exposed to high heat again.

Nothing you do will work until you get that fixed. Which is why nothing worked up to now..

As said...this animal is past home treatment.

It needs injections or it will most likely perish.

Damn.....poor creature. Sorry, I don’t see how it gets to that point. Would of been at the vet long before the form.

I'm just going to be blunt. You should try to find an animal rescue and surrender that poor animal. That is neglect and honestly it's bordering on animal abuse.

If you can't afford a vet, don't get a pet.

This is a living creature who relies SOLELY on you, and you're clearly not ready for that responsibility.

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I'm just going to be blunt. You should try to find an animal rescue and surrender that poor animal. That is neglect and honestly it's bordering on animal abuse.

If you can't afford a vet, don't get a pet.

This is a living creature who relies SOLELY on you, and you're clearly not ready for that responsibility.

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THIS and I hope it's not too late for the poor snake. When I first saw the picture my first reaction was "that snake is not long for the world". Hope I'm wrong.

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Damn.....poor creature. Sorry, I don’t see how it gets to that point. Would of been at the vet long before the form.

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I'm just going to be blunt. You should try to find an animal rescue and surrender that poor animal. That is neglect and honestly it's bordering on animal abuse.

If you can't afford a vet, don't get a pet.

This is a living creature who relies SOLELY on you, and you're clearly not ready for that responsibility.

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THIS and I hope it's not too late for the poor snake. When I first saw the picture my first reaction was "that snake is not long for the world". Hope I'm wrong.

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OP i really hope you come back with an update. idk about anyone else, but posts like these i don't just forget; i truly care about your snake and i want them to be better.

OP if you TRULY cannot afford something as necessary as a thermostat, please PM me. if you can't afford the necessary vet appt, please PM me anyway and we can see what we can do.

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... I do have various anitbiotics of different strengths and silver sulfadiazine so if you think i should try those, i will.

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The thing about antibiotics is that lab work must be done first so you know that you're using a drug that will be effective. Frankly, this snake doesn't have TIME for you
to experiment if you want her to live, and it's a very bad thing to use antibiotics improperly as that's how we end up with untreatably-resistant 'germs'. I agree with the
other posts- if you cannot get proper medical help now for this snake, you should immediately surrender her to a rescue that can and will do the right things to try to save her.

Alot of vets offer payment plans. You could try borrowing the money off family or friends or something. As everyone has stated a vet visit is ur best option. Otherwise you are playing a very dangerous game with your snake and risking its life. Just giving a an animal random antibiotics without knowing what the infection is or anything is not a good idea. If u had a dog or have a dog would u give ur dog a random drug without getting a vet to perscribe that drug and tell u the dosage and if thats the medication it needed? Just an example.

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I just wanted to note too that this is a VERY severe burn, not something mild or "doesn't look too good" that can be treated at home.

A severe burn is only caused by not having a thermostat plugged into your heat pad, which apparently was the huge problem.

Thermostats are a REQUIRED piece of equipment when owning a reptile, and especially snakes which require relatively low heat and are easily burned by high heat.

Not sure if you will be getting another snake in the future, but you'll want to unplug your heat pad for now until you actually get a thermostat. Don't use your heat pad at all without one.

It's not something you can "check twice a day" or even "check 50 times a day", because a heat pad will immediately go up to 110~140 degrees F (depending on the brand) within 5 minutes if it's unregulated by a thermostat... I've tested it out of curiosity for myself a couple years ago.

Your thermostat was bumping around in that 110-140 F range for weeks, or however long you've had it, underneath the snake- so it was most likely at those temps whenever you've checked, but you did not know because you don't have a temp gun to measure the exact temp.