Mouth Rot

One of my snakes has mouth rot, and I was wondering how exactly to dilute betadine. It's a mild case, and I want to see if I can take care of it before visiting a vet. I keep hearing betadine is the best to use (over peroxide, and other over the counter solutions), but I don't know exactly how much betadine to use, and how much water. Also, what is the recommended amount of times I do this a week, or per day?

BTW, I was given the snake in this condition. So don't start yelling at me about poor conditions lol! And I'm aware that I SHOULD bring the snake to a vet, but like I said, I want to see if I can address the problem. Snake had RI which I believe is what started it, so now its just a matter of getting rid of this, and I believe it will recover just fine.

NVM

in case anyone is wondering, its 4 parts water to 1 part betadine.

Diluted original Listerine works well also

Actually I had one other question. He's seems to be drooling a lot, and I was wondering if this is normal with mouth rot. I'm assuming its his body trying to deal with the mouth rot, but this is a first time for me so idk.

Drooling all the time?

Honestly I think you should see a vet. This is a far advanced case of mouth rot if that's the issue. Antibiotics may be needed. Better to be safe than sorry in this case.


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Originally Posted by llovelace

Drooling all the time?

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No not all the time, and its not excessive. I noticed the drool today actually. The swelling has gone down tremendously since I started treating it with peroxide. I've been told by multiple breeders that it can be treated at home 75% of the time. And both of my cars just got wrecked by deer, and I don't have money right now for a vet bill.

Just checked on him and the drool is gone. Maybe he was just drinking prior to me writing this? I scraped the pus pocket out, and used the betadine method. He looks SO much better. His mouth is shutting much better now. Do you guys know how often I should be applying the betadine?

Anyone?

Need to know how often I should be applying dilute betadine to the sore in his mouth from the MR. Thanks!

Someone has to know the answer to this! I'm getting buried here lol

1-2 x daily.


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1-2 x daily.


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THANK YOU!!!

Someone told me to do it only once a week, and I was like....HUH?

But just so everyone knows, the betadine trick is the ticket!! My boy is looking great now! I'm sure if it's a bad case a trip to the vet is imperative, but this totally is working great for the small bit my boy had. I'd show you pictures of before and after, but it's technically a boa so I can't show you guys on the BP section hahaha! I posted here because the boa section doesn't get anywhere near enough viewers.

How do you apply it, is what I have always woundered. I mean the snake isn't just going to gurgle listerine or betadine do you apply it with a q-tip or something?

Qtip or a syringe hold the snakes mouth angled down do they don't breathe it in. You do have to be careful bc their glottis is right there. Suck up whatever solution you're using and squirt sideways into the animals mouth and let it drip out.


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1x weekly wouldn't be enough to disinfect the mouth enough on a consistent basis to cure and prevent it from getting worse. From my experience with mr cases anyways. Glad this helped.


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Some good advice here, but if you don't see improvement I would definately be taking him to a vet, sooner rather than later because some things can get devastating very fast. You said money was tight as it is with almost everyone now but if you want him to bounce back to a nice healthy guy (I'm sure antibiotics would do wonders) I would give something up to get some cash and take the guy in. I hope he improves for you!

i dont know dude i looked it up and it said to drain the sores and treat them with antiseptic daily untill the mouth rott is gone ill look firther into it for you.