My ball python has scraped his scales off!

ok every one he has betadine now still figurign out the best way to apply it to him his swelling has gone down and is doing fine just hope i dont stress the lil fella to much
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ok every one he has betadine now still figurign out the best way to apply it to him his swelling has gone down and is doing fine just hope i dont stress the lil fella to much
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Hello every one would this ointment be ok to use instead of neospirin ? Dr shed fields triple anti biotic ointment cream is this usable

Everyone is telling you to get him to a vet, you just seem to be cherry picking advice.

Did I not recommend Bacitracin... and say NOT to use Neosporin? And Betadine is a cream or solution... not something you put your snake on, but something you put on your snake.

I agree with the above poster... please read the posts seriously and take care of your animal. It's your responsibility to do so, and I can't imagine a bee was cheap. If you won't listen to us, take him to a vet and listen to the real specialists please.

Are you using a ceramic heater? Can he touch it?

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Why not answer the questions we have asked so we can get to the bottom of what this was really caused by?

I like a few others are not sold on it being a scrape. There are other things that could cause a wound that looks like this and you may just cause it again if we don't figure it out.

Or,

Im thinking maybe you know what it was and it was caused by something you knew you shouldn't have in your cage so you are embarrassed to say and that's the reason you took the cage apart and wont post pictures of it.

Just be honest with us.

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Originally Posted by KMG

Why not answer the questions we have asked so we can get to the bottom of what this was really caused by?

I like a few others are not sold on it being a scrape. There are other things that could cause a wound that looks like this and you may just cause it again if we don't figure it out.

Or,

Im thinking maybe you know what it was and it was caused by something you knew you shouldn't have in your cage so you are embarrassed to say and that's the reason you took the cage apart and wont post pictures of it.

Just be honest with us.

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i agree completely. to me it looks more like the predator became the prey. Did OP find scales laying in the cage? if not, where did they go? i personally believe that a rat/mouse got the best of him. in the one of his posts he was very defensive, saying that "THIS IS HIM SCRAPING HIMSELF."

It is better to be honest with us so that we can adequately help. Especially if a rat/mouse got to him, there's a higher possibility for infection. I would not screw around with this injury. Usually vets are very good with helping out in anyway possible. How would you feel if this happened to you and you could not go to the ER?

No one is really buying it. He is cherry picking advice, and also what questions he answers. Majority of people say go vet... as you would do. He says nah it will be okay, I will wait. Posts, urgently asking for help and doesn't do what has been suggested.

lol before you all start getting pissy. im not just listening to you lot im here seeking advice but here at home i have plenty of reptile breeding friends who are also advising me

so before you start saying i miss treat my animals your wrong. what he did it on, in his cage is unknown. he has a ceramic heater with a guard that is not hot at all. no rough edges because his set up cost me nearly 400 pound.

everything in his cage is top quality no bull.

what he has done is scraped himself trying to shed.

HE DID HAVE MITES a few weeks before injury but i cleared that problem up asap. he has a pink belly so he is in shedding faze.

i have just applied betadine to his wounds using a q tip. at a 1 part betadine 10 part water solution.

UPDATES. his swelling is gone and the red injuries seem to be smoothing over.

if his problem gets worse he is going to the vet tuesday.

As of right now he is in quarantine with a small bowl of water and news paper being changed twice a day.

so all you key board warriors i suggest you stop.

No one said you was mistreating your animal, but you ask for help, and the vast majority of people tell you to go to the vet and you go and do your own thing...

It is just pointless in asking if you are going to do that.

No one here is a keyboard warrior aside from you... No one has got lippy aside from you haha!