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

You have to remember you are posting in a public forum.
Many of us have dealt with the same questions over and over.
Many members are also sensitive.
Some of us (myself included) come off as rude and cruel when infact I just dont beat around the bush and blow smoke. I am straight foward and brutally honest.
Its not just you.

I'm sorry to everyone for being defensive earlier. I won't post again until I have some good progress pictures of Matilda's belly. Thanks to all and I'm sorry for not following your advice when it was given. :tears:

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

You have to remember you are posting in a public forum.
Many of us have dealt with the same questions over and over.
Many members are also sensitive.
Some of us (myself included) come off as rude and cruel when infact I just dont beat around the bush and blow smoke. I am straight foward and brutally honest.
Its not just you.

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I can vouch for this - *has vet that pit says is not good vet - I politely disagree* lol

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Look forward to seeing them!

Matilda went into shed and I was so worried it was going to go horribly. I didn't think the burn had healed enough for her to have a nice easy (and blood-free) shed.

HOWEVER- my girl pulled it off!!! She shed PERFECTLY!!! There's no scar, no blemish, not even a single mark where the burn was from what I could see. (I still need to look her over more closely in full light. She wasn't really in the mood for much handling this morning) but OMG snakes are truly amazing snakes and I am so beyond thankful for the help I found here and that my snake is now clear and free from that awful UTH and the burn I caused her. So excited!! I was like a little kid on Christmas this morning when I saw her belly :) :) :)

I'll post some pics later so keep an eye out for those too. You guys won't believe it!!

again thank all of you so much. The help I found here was indispensable.

Really glad to hear that Matilda has healed up so well! :)

Glad to hear it!

Snakes are amazing *animals* lol sorry, just woke up. *_*

Thants fantastic news, congrats on the clean shed and great healing

Hey RaeDee,

Glad to hear your snake is doing okay. I'm not sure if your vet told you this or not but your snake will (and should) shed to get the dead skin off. I *just* went through this with our BP and his was 10x worse than your snake's burn. So be prepared possibly for a few scabs.

As for the lamp vs heat pad...if you can keep husbandry up with just a lamp..go for it!! My vets are very against heat pads because they can burn the snake (unless you have them on a thermostat that never breaks).

We are in the process of ordering a thermostat (not a thermometer) to hook our heat lamps up to because I have them on a lamp dimmer that I have to check everyday.

Be sure to have extra bulbs on hand.

Now, the thing I am confused on...did your vet look at the snake for infection?

I would also keep her on paper towels or newspaper for a bit in case her organs got a little damaged. I'm not saying they are, but there is no harm in being "overly cautious".

Just to show you that worse burns can heal, here's my post from treating a foster snake over the past few months... (it's in the advanced husbandry section). I found no issues with using regular triple antibiotic topically.

On another note, I've had vets that said they treated exotics that weren't aware of basic husbandry of snakes. There's just so much information, that you really need to find someone that has a lot of experience with snakes in particular. Where I work, we don't see snakes. One of the doctors will research and do some occasional work with mine, but I have a separate snake vet that I pay full price at for more serious issues.

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