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my big girl has had a suck tail shed for a while now, while i was holding her, it fell off. NOT GOOD!!. she started bleeding, so i put some triple antibiotics on it and so far it has stopped. the stuck shed has been there since i got her in May and has slowly been getting better. it looks like there is a little bone showing but i cant tell.
Whta should i do?

Stop using cream, and get some betadine... betadine is much safer to use long term.

a vet trip may be necessary to get some stronger antibiotics.

can you post a picture?

i will get a pic asap. what have you done/heard about things like this?

The biggest concern is to stop/prevent any infection from spreading. It is a similar situation to humans with Gangrene there is a potential for this to spread upwards and can become a major issue. This is why I say that a vet trip is a good idea.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

The biggest concern is to stop/prevent any infection from spreading. It is a similar situation to humans with Gangrene there is a potential for this to spread upwards and can become a major issue. This is why I say that a vet trip is a good idea.

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thats why i put the antibiotics on. i really dont need this to be getting worse

Until you can get a vet appointment, I'd suggest a diluted solution of betadine. Creams will just cause more issues.

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

Until you can get a vet appointment, I'd suggest a diluted solution of betadine. Creams will just cause more issues.

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Really? like what?

It doesnt look that bad the more time goes by. I will still get her to the vet. Its not bleeding anymore, so thats good i guess.

Any oil based cream can cause the scales to turn into a mush and fall off... betadine (watered down iodine) is much safer to use long term

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Originally Posted by jon7

It doesnt look that bad the more time goes by.

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Sorry, but this is the attitude that got your snake in this condition in the first place. You should have never let the stuck tail shed go for as long as you did. By the looks of it, the stuck shed constricted the blood flow and caused necrosis of the tissue in the tip of the tail. This is exactly why I get far more concerned with stuck shed around the tail than with a stuck eye cap.

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Originally Posted by Slim

Sorry, but this is the attitude that got your snake in this condition in the first place. You should have never let the stuck tail shed go for as long as you did. By the looks of it, the stuck shed constricted the blood flow and caused necrosis of the tissue in the tip of the tail. This is exactly why I get far more concerned with stuck shed around the tail than with a stuck eye cap.

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I do agree. However, this girl was a rescue, i did not have anything to do with why the shed got stuck to begin with. I have been doing what i can to make it better. None of my other snakes have problems like this. And i wont let it happen. The stuck shed looked like it had been there for a few months Before i got her. The neglect had nothing to do with me.
now that we got that out of the way, im just looking for advise as to what i might be looking at here. Gonna take her to the vet, just wanna know if anybody else has had to deal with this, and what they did to treat it

sorry it took so long to post back about this. she is fine. took her to the vet and they said no damage was done to the bone or blood supply because of how far down the tail it was, however, I have a surgery scheduled for a couple more weeks from now, it was the earliest I could get her in.

What will they do during the surgery?

They have to amputate about an 1/8 of an inch or less.just to get the bone back under the skin. its such a small amout of bone that she was confident that i could have just lesf it alone. but thats not me. i dont wanna have to deall with it anymore

Sorry it took so long to post back about this guys. I am happy to report that she has made a full recovery. No problems at all.

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Originally Posted by The Serpent Merchant

Any oil based cream can cause the scales to turn into a mush and fall off... betadine (watered down iodine) is much safer to use long term

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Just to clarify, betadine is NOT just watered-down iodine. It is a povidone-iodine solution, that you then water down to use for treatment.

http://www.betadine.com/pdf/Betadine...ion%202007.pdf

And by full recovery I mean the surgery went great!!!!

gold listerine to keep it clean until u get to a vet

In the past when I had stuck shed on the tail tip I just lightly scratched it off with my fingernail. :confusd:

This happened to my boa. She is a rescue I picked up and noticed the tail. I'm pretty sure it is damaged permanently. If you go to the boa forum and look up 911 help you can see pics there.


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Glad she is recovered and doing well!

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Thank you all for the advise. Its been a long learning prosses. Lol.