Please take a look

I will wait like 2 or 3 days if i dont see the swelling go down i'll go to the vet....

What a horrible thing for her to say! Chop off his head... poor guy. I wonder if she'd say to chop off a puppy's head?

I think a vet visit is probably in order, it may be fluid buildup from a wound, or he could have damage to the bones of his lower jaw... really hard to tell when it's just pictures.

I hope he gets better, sometimes critters just have the worst luck!

Little perspective on cost of care and ball python pet..................

Start with a purebread dog.......

400 cost
400 vet first year
annual food 360-400 dollars
2000-3000 in ruined carpet and chewing first year...

hmmmm 10 times as much first year alone then cost to buy lol:)

oh yeah yearly yard fix for dead spots 100....I could keep going lol....

Although a normal may cost 50 bucks I think in the long run much cheaper then a dog in all around cost lol....heck both of our dogs are adopted from humane society so they were free and cost us quite a bit each year in food vet damage etc etc lol....Tell her in reality you are way ahead...the fact that minimal chance for peeing on the floor is worth it alone:)

chill out guys I think she was joking...well sort of. I think she said it because one night I hate to take the snake to the emergency vet and the tech. there said it was pretty likely that my snake was going to have to be put down. Glad I don't go there! So when I told my wife that he suggested that if that was the case that she'd get a shovel and do it for me.

I'm going to talk to the vet tommorrow and see what he tells me to do. I'm wondering if he was so hungry from not eating that he was willing to hurt himself to eat...the thing that confuses me is that I've fed him rats that were bigger. Anyway thanks again.

That snake needs to get to a vet NOW. It looks like he has a nasty infection brewing from the way the swelling is going down the neck. I would skip chatting with the vet on the phone and just bring him in. Chances are the vet's going to want to see him anyways before making a diagnosis.

I took him the the vet yesterday (mon.). Vet showed me still alot of mucus in the back of his mouth (adema?) and it look like he's swallowing air. So luckily I have more amikacin so back the injection every 3 days, plus an anti steroid anti inflammitory injection every day for next 5 days. Apparently very nasty bug he's got but doc seems to think he'll be ok.