INJURED SNAKE, need expert help***graphic***

This morning we found that our young king young calking cut himself last night. Good amount of blood around his cage. I removed him from his classroom "display" and brought him home to his tub. He is active (looking for food no doubt) and doesn't seem to be acting any worse for the ware.
Is this something we need to have a vet sucher up?
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Thank you for your help.

I would most definitely have a vet take a look at that.

Looks like it's gunna need some stitches and antibiotics..they are really harty little critters he should be ok with treatment.

all i needed to hear... im off
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I had something similar happen to my Corn not too long ago with a little help from the vet and some antibiotic treatment she is doing better. I wish you the best of luck and hope he is ok:)

OUCH! Yeah, vet time. Good luck!

That's quite a bit of trauma.. the jaw muscle there looks completely exposed and the skin needs to be pulled back over and stitched. Hopefully the vet can fix him up so he doesn't have any permanent problems or get an infection. Good luck

Thank you BPnet and cornsnakes.com communities...
Was able to get Marty right in and he will be in surgery shortly. Current plans are to pick him up this afternoon and bring home for bed rest.
Seems we may need to change our name to Scar Face. Will post up post op pics...

Hope all goes well. Keep us posted =)

I wish scarface a quick recovery. Do you have any idea how he might have done that? You might want to remove/fix w.e it was in his enclosure so it doesnt happen again.

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Current plans are to pick him up this afternoon and bring home for bed rest.

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Hilarious!

Glad he's doing well and kudos to you for taking him in and not delaying with trying to treat it at home. Sometimes an expert is the best option, in spite of the costs. Hope he recovers with no ill effects and is around for a good long while. Good luck to you and he both!

OUCH!!! Any idea how it happened? We'll definitely be sending good vibes his way hoping for a speedy recovery.

BTW, I love the high white on him! :gj:

poor little guy! i hope everything heals up without too much stress on lil scarface :gj:

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Originally Posted by jball1125

I wish scarface a quick recovery. Do you have any idea how he might have done that? You might want to remove/fix w.e it was in his enclosure so it doesnt happen again.

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He has a lockable display terrarium he stays in while at school (the scene of the incident) and a tub (my preference) at home for long weekends and holidays. He will be staying in the tub at home until healed up and will not be going back to terrarium until root cause is determined and fixed.
Thank you

Poor little guy! I wish him a speedy recovery! Please keep us updated on how he is doing. :)

Back home and resting. Looks like 3-4 suchers and 3 weeks antibiotic (Baytril).
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Thanks for all the "well wishes".

Awesome! Looks like he is in great hands.

Poor little guy, looks like he's doing good now. We wish him a speedy recovery. :)