Help!!!

I was feeding my pewter and the rat some how escaped the coil when she struck. Now she has a lot of blood on & around her mouth. I can't tell if its from the rat or from her, and I'm seriously freaking right now. There isn't a vet open right now and the earliest I could get her in would possibly be tomorrow. Is there anything I can do right now?????

Will try to get pictures tonight.

EDIT - it looks like there is a lot of blood coming from her nostrils.

If you can find where she is bleeding from, put pressure on the wound. Then keep her warm and quiet and take her in to the vet tomorrow for assessment.

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Originally Posted by CritterVet

If you can find where she is bleeding from, put pressure on the wound. Then keep her warm and quiet and take her in to the vet tomorrow for assessment.

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I'll see if I can do anything, but the way she's acting right now, she may not make it through the night.

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Originally Posted by dreese88

I'll see if I can do anything, but the way she's acting right now, she may not make it.

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Exactly how is she acting?

Did she eat? I'm guessing no. Can you open her mouth to see inside?

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found a vet open, going right now. hoping for the best

Me too. Good luck!

Good luck. :please:

Hope it's nothing too serious. :please: :please: :please: :please:



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Good luck! I really hope she turns out to be ok!

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good luck and keep us posted

Vet said that she got bit on the mouth, but she should be ok...Going to start her on oral baytril for preventative measures and then go to a herp vet Friday or the beginning of next week. I could see that she didn't get much of a strike, but wasn't sure of the rat coming out of her grip broke her jaw or not. He said that most likely the rat bit her on the inside and outside of the mouth. Thanks for all of the advice & good wishes, but it's looking like she should definitely be fine.:please:

Glad to hear it. Hope she has a speedy recovery.

Wow....scary!!! :O Glad that your snake is ok! Are you ok?

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Originally Posted by BPelizabeth

Wow....scary!!! :O Glad that your snake is ok! Are you ok?

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I think she's doin better than I am. Of course I have a big project due in one of my classes tomorrow so now I'm grindin and tryin to finish that up, but she is resting, got her first baytril injection tonight. One a day for the next 2 weeks and they said to go to a herp specialist on Friday.

Ok...breathe deeply...focus on the project. The baby is probably sleeping and feeling better. :gj:

I think vet clinics should have human psychologists on staff. Seems like the owners suffer a lot more than the pets sometimes!

Hope you got some sleep and managed to finish your assignment on time.

Whew! I'm glad the vet said she'll be ok, and hopefully the herp vet says the same thing. Good luck :)

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Originally Posted by CritterVet

I think vet clinics should have human psychologists on staff. Seems like the owners suffer a lot more than the pets sometimes!

Hope you got some sleep and managed to finish your assignment on time.

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Yea, I got a few hours and got the project done. After I knew what was wrong with her, I definitely calmed down a lot, but still had a pretty good adrenaline rush going though.

Some good news -

Got an appointment with a herp vet tomorrow. I also think she must have cleared most of the blood & gunk out of her airways as there isn't any of the wheezing or sneezing that was going on last night after it happened. The 2 vets that were there both said that other than the obvious, she was very healthy and one of them even tried to keep her.

That's funny. "Wow she's beautiful, I better keep her just to be sure she's ok!"

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Originally Posted by Jenn

That's funny. "Wow she's beautiful, I better keep her just to be sure she's ok!"

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lol Pretty much

Glad everything is GOOD!:gj:

Just got back from the herp vet. Said everything is looking good. Gave me baytril to inject Sub Q every 3 days for 9 shots.

However, she also said that every reptile except for leos need uv light, or else they will have respiratory problems. I was like uhhhh, I'm pretty active on a forum and if people want to use lights, that's cool, but it's not necessary. So then she responds, "Well people don't want to buy them because they're expensive." So, I think I may have found my exotic vet...the one that didn't have an opening today forcing me to go to her.

Snake lighting requirements aren't well understood, but it's generally accepted that they do fine in captivity without UVB light, especially the nocturnal species. I have never heard of a reptile having respiratory problems specifically because of lack of UVB light...skeletal problems for sure, but not respiratory. Lack of heat can lead to respiratory infections, and improper lighting can inhibit basking behavior in some species, but UVB wavelengths aren't directly related to respiratory health.

Regarding the argument that people don't buy lights because they're expensive....I wonder how much she thinks some designer morph ball pythons go for? ;)

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Snake lighting requirements aren't well understood, but it's generally accepted that they do fine in captivity without UVB light, especially the nocturnal species. I have never heard of a reptile having respiratory problems specifically because of lack of UVB light...skeletal problems for sure, but not respiratory. Lack of heat can lead to respiratory infections, and improper lighting can inhibit basking behavior in some species, but UVB wavelengths aren't directly related to respiratory health.

Regarding the argument that people don't buy lights because they're expensive....I wonder how much she thinks some designer morph ball pythons go for? ;)

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haha yea..she was holding a $1500 snake when she was saying this:rolleyes::O I doubt she realized that