Need Urgent Help ASAP!!!

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Originally Posted by Naraku

I called the vet place and they redirected me to a different closer snake vet in a different state that's a bit closer to me.

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glad to see he is getting to a vet

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Side note to you side donkeys, I do love my snake, and I'd put all the care in the world for him. You say just use mapquest or Google maps, well sorry I suck at directions more than anything in the world. I get lost extremely easily, the only reason I can do this is because my mom said she'd come down and drive me there. So, next time someone asks for help, why not be a little more helpful and not just jump to criticism? You're the reason why most people don't even comment or even bother with forms in the first place

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no reason to get mad at anyone. you or your partner post about a hurt snake on forms that are full of snake lovers and say you dont know if you can take him to a vet people will get upset about that and give you a hard time over it

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So, next time someone asks for help, why not be a little more helpful and not just jump to criticism

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almost everyone who posted gave you help he needed to go to a vet plain and simple and again I for one am glad he is going and hope he does well

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I just started my job at Walmart 2~ weeks ago and need the money since I've only got 1 check since I get paid biweekly. Now all of that will be going into him since I feel like this is going to be expensive. (Just a regular vet charged me $400 for a cat checkup that I found abandoned in the road)

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Now is where it gets harder to say anything but I feel this must be said again As a pet owner you are responsible for your pets care. Wile I am again glad that you helped a cat you found and a beardie this is not about them this is about a snake that needed a vets care. If you can not afford to care for a animal you should not have it. yes vets are expensive but this is part of the deal of being a pet owner

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As shown by one of the helpful posters it can be done

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just because something can be done does not mean is should be done

Just as you're saying how you "love snakes more than you love humans" and such, you should realize that you're posting on a forum FULL of snake lovers about a snake that came to harm in your care and you're saying you can't take it to a vet and THEN you're upset that people post saying "Get the snake to a vet"?

You have no monopoly on caring about a pet. We all care about our pets. We all care about snakes. That's why we're here. Period.

So don't get defensive when people want proper care for the animal. Don't act as if we are supposed to not care whether the animal gets vet care when it's torn open.

Personally, I have seen accounts of more seriously wounded pythons who healed eventually. They are tough little things when given the right care. But no where have I seen you say "I see that I need X and Y to treat this until I can see a vet... I'll be getting those things tomorrow" either. That makes the snake lover in me grit my teeth and repeat "It needs care".

Now you're going to get it to a vet, which is great. Yes, it'll probably be pricy.

Just remember the reason people on this site are replying is because the people on the site CARE ABOUT SNAKES. We all want to see your snake be healed up and healthy and happy.

First of all, about the vet... Have you Googled them and their practice and their history of dealing with reptiles? Because saying to give the snake a warm bath without applying any sort of antiseptic to an open wound is ridiculous, as is just saying "up the temperatures" without giving you any sort of range or asking what the current temps are.
Something about that sounds off to me. If the vet said those things, I would be kind of skeptical as to how much experience they really have treating reptiles.

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Secondly, as was already stated, you don't have a monopoly on caring about animals. This forum is filled with people who have sacrificed months of time and went without things they wanted or even needed in the name of helping animals. It's nice that you helped a cat and bearded dragon, but that doesn't excuse you not immediately getting vet care for a snake that is so badly wounded, and has nothing to do with this situation. When you were told you'd need to see a vet and get first aid supplies, you only ever said you couldn't go to a vet because maps are difficult for you. People are going to get upset over that.
As to the helpful advice you were talking about, I don't see where you've followed it? Did you go out and get any of the antiseptics, bandages, or other first aid supplies people said you needed to keep the wound clean until you got to a vet and just haven't mentioned doing it yet?

Also, when people start saying things like "I care more about snakes than people" that's a pretty clear indicator that you're starting to just make things up. If you truly do care more about snakes than people, that's a symptom of a serious mental disorder (I'm not being sarcastic, it really is). Plus, if you found one of your family members on your floor with a gaping flesh wound I certainly hope you wouldn't leave them in your house without even basic first aid for days before seeking medical attention.

She was a zoo vet, and all she said was up his bathes to 3 times a day, and she gave me some pain medicine for him that squirts into his mouth, with some cream for his wound. Honestly it only cost me $58 for the whole visit and $20 for the cream. She said they weren't that serious, and in time they'll heal and to just keep the temp at 100 f.

That's interesting. Is the wound still open like it was in that first picture? It looked like it needed to be held closed to heal properly (without a gigantic scar). I'm not sure how it works with snakes, but that's how we do it with humans. Some sort of bandage or sutures to pull the wound back closed and antibiotics (which I'm guessing is the cream and medicine you were given).

Would be nice if you could take a picture of the current state of the wound.

Do these creams and medications have labels with names on them? The vet didn't close the wound in any way and wants you to keep the entire tank temps at 100, the hot side, what? And to bathe him 3x a day. That really doesn't sound like good advice.

was there anything done to close the wound? i'm perplexed by this treatment. :confusd: if my skin were ripped off like in OP's snake pix, i would want it stitched up or patched up somehow.

anyway keep us updated. all the best.

It was too late to close the wound... anyone who has had stitches knows that. Waiting too long means no stitches and a nasty scar. Either way, I am super glad that he has seen a vet. The picture may have made it seem a lot worse then it is in person but it looked very bad.

What pain med did she give you?

Also, if the wound heals, it will leave a large scar but the scar will go away eventually with each shed. Hopefully you can get away with not feeding for a while so it won't constrict/bulge and reopen the wound.