My ball python has scraped his scales off!

also a reptile vet is not close to me and i work tuesdays to sundays all day untill late evening so ill take him down monday if issues have got worse.

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Originally Posted by lucianocook

oh my god he feeds frozen thawed food so he isnt bitten lol. and yes you are right a bumble is not cheap. neither is my lemonblast female. who i have had for 2 years.


he is in a nd aquatics 3 ft wooden viv with a exo terra ceramic bulb the only rough item in his cage is the coconut and maybe even the orchid bark hes on...

but as of right now hes not even in that tank and hes in a plastic rub. hes going to the vet tuesday but what are they going to tell me to do? what im doing already? i didnt come on here looking for people to call me a bad pet owner.

it seems these forums are full of trolls.

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Try not to get too offended, most here are very well intentioned as I'm sure you are too. It's also something none of us have ever seen before so it was quite shocking. Honestly I don't think more and more people jumping on the OP saying get to the vet is necessary, once several have said it can't we leave it alone and just be happy to get updates?

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Try not to get too offended, most here are very well intentioned as I'm sure you are too. It's also something none of us have ever seen before so it was quite shocking. Honestly I don't think more and more people jumping on the OP saying get to the vet is necessary, once several have said it can't we leave it alone and just be happy to get updates?

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I think it needs to be said. It is the best advice and simply isn't being absorbed. So what, he works over the weekend? If he was feeling ill would he get time off? Of course, if you take responsibility of an animal then you take responsibility for its injuries and assure they are taken care of.

So not burn, cause he cannot go close to the CHE.
Not mechanical, cause didn't have any sharp, heavy object in the cage.
Not chewed, cause rats are f/t.
If it's a lottery where the vet don't play with us: Streptococcus pyogenes or aureus.

The thing is it has been said. I don't think we need another thread of the same post over and over again. If the OP decides to take action or not is their own right, but I just don't see any benefit in making this another 13 page thread of everyone saying "vet ASAP".

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The thing is it has been said. I don't think we need another thread of the same post over and over again. If the OP decides to take action or not is their own right, but I just don't see any benefit in making this another 13 page thread of everyone saying "vet ASAP".

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It has been said and he is still posting asking what it is... Go to a vet and maybe find out?!

If you had a dog and it walked in with a random gouge the whole way down his back would you take it to the vets or just put some cream on it and 'wait and see'...

If the thread isn't for you then it isn't for you. Don't read it. That is the beauty of the internet, I can carry this and argue with him till the cows come home and you don't have to acknowledge my existence. I'm not being rude, just trying to state a point. This stuff gets on my nerves, it looks serious and he is so shocked by our reaction.

This picture to me (not a vet) looks like a burn and yes a bad burn could 100% slough skin off as you have described I would imagine particularly so if he was in shed as you said. The lighter white/brownish areas are likely where he was burned more deeply and rather than the skin sticking and peeling off as he moved the burn went down into the other layers of skin and tissue. Honoestly I'm really surprised your "breeder" did not immediately suggest a vet as everyone else here is suggesting. My suggestion is twofold. Take the snake to a vet who can correctly diagnose the problem and find a more responsible breeder.

Many of us here aren't trying to attack you, we only want what's best for the snake. Seeing an injury like this with no apparent cause is of course going to be shocking and upsetting to the people here, who devote so much time attention and passion to creatures just like what you have.

The most important thing you need to know about your situation is that reptile breeders are not veterinarians. Quite frankly I don't think they're very good breeders if they didn't shoo you off to a reptile vet as soon as you showed them this animal. I wouldn't buy a single snake (or anything else) from someone who thought letting an animal this badly damaged sit around and heal on it's own was the best course of action.

The snake is in a TUB, not a RUB. I hope that is a autocorrect issue.

A snake can be burned without touching the source. How was the che set up and where is the tstat probe mounted?

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The snake is in a TUB, not a RUB. I hope that is a autocorrect issue.

A snake can be burned without touching the source. How was the che set up and where is the tstat probe mounted?

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A lot of people refer to them as RUB's or Really Useful Boxes. Google them, I think they are a brand.