Guys...I'm really worried...Scale rot?? Infected burn?? Please help!!

Still a few raw spots and a teeeeeenie bit of scarring but I think another week of daily sulfadene treatment will finish those off :) I'm just so happy she's on the mend and doing so fantastically!

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Much better!

Looking much better.

Whenever I've had to deal with wounds or infections (usually mouth infections but I imagine the same basic rules apply) I like to use diluted hibiclens on the area once daily until there is no evidence of the wound/infection whatsoever just to prevent the possibility of infection or a previous infection recurring. I usually just swab it on with a Q-tip so as not to get the whole area wet. Hibiclens is a very mild antiseptic that I basically just view as 'aftercare' for any situation like this. Started doing that after I had a rescue with an infection I thought I'd cleared up only to have it come right back.

It's a burn and they take a very long time to heal. The deeper into the tissue that the burn travelled is going to increase the healing time exponentially. In Emergecy care and prehospital care we have what is known as the rule of nines to determine tbs (total body surface ) area of burns and their extent and degree. There are several formulas used to determine severity but it all boils down to the fact that it is a lifetime of recovery and to some degree disability. However a animal can certainly return to a good quality of life. Stay in peace and not pieces.

Snakes heal much much faster than people do, and recover much more fully. I would not say that it's a lifetime of recovery/disability. My foster with much more severe burns + infection is close to 100% after a little over 2 months. Besides me choosing to feed prey items on the small side due to the contracture of the area where the belly scales were, she's behaving as a completely normal snake as well. It doesn't restrict her movement in the slightest. The snake in this post I'm sure at this point is acting quite normal as well and should heal fine from this point, regardless of whether there's any additional treatment.

Agreed. As I've mentioned before I supervised a rescue of a snake caught in mesh that had the skin completely removed from almost a third of his body who recovered completely in a matter of months. It took a lot of management to keep infection out, but the healing process goes pretty quickly.