Corn Snake Injury. Help?!?

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of back.). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay???

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Originally Posted by JohnWick

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of back.). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay???

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Make a thread! What kind of ointment?

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of his back). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay??

Normal triple antibiotic ointment. I put him back into his enclosure and he burrowed into his bedding quickly.

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of his back), he is fully grown and a big dude. I put normal triple antibiotic ointment on him and placed him back into his enclosure, where he quickly burrowed into his bedding. He is the first snake I ever had and I am very concerned for him after seeing the cut and the flesh the separated "skin" exposed. I cant get him to a vet, what do I do, and more importantly, will he survive????????

Can you snap a pic and upload that?

I can certainly try. Ill have to pull him out from under his bedding (which has probably stuck to the ointment though).

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There is the wound on the neck. It looks a little rigid due to the ointment, but otherwise is perfectly smooth.

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The cut would normally be smooth, but I applied ointment, It is not and wasnt bleeding. Will he be alright?? What do I do?

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The picture above is the injury my cat inflicted on my snake, the wound would normally be very smooth but looks rigid because I put antibiotic ointment. The skin is separated, as you can see, and reddish pink flesh is showing, what do I do and will he survive????

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The picture above is the injury my cat inflicted on my snake, the wound would normally be very smooth but looks rigid because I put antibiotic ointment. The skin is separated, as you can see, and reddish pink flesh is showing, what do I do and will he survive????

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The picture above is the injury my cat inflicted on my snake, the wound would normally be very smooth but looks rigid because I put antibiotic ointment. The skin is separated, as you can see, and reddish pink flesh is showing, what do I do and will he survive????

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but why was the cat allowed to be nesr your snake? And no one on here is going to be able to tell you that your snake will definitely be okay. We aren't vets. The only way you can accurately know that the snake will be treated properly and pull through it is to go to a herp vet. Just by looking at the pictures we can tell you what might be wrong but there is no way to tell if there is more damage that you cannot see.

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My nephews left the door to my office open and unlocked, allowing the cat to enter and somehow, I have no earthly idea how as the enclosure lid was firmly shut, and remove the top. Im sorry that Im asking, but Im concerned and not as knowledgable as some of the people here, who at least could offer some basic insight on what to do and on the severity of the visible injury.

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The picture above is the injury my cat inflicted on my snake, the wound would normally be very smooth but looks rigid because I put antibiotic ointment. The skin is separated, as you can see, and reddish pink flesh is showing, what do I do and will he survive????

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Change the substrate to something like paper towels to avoid anything sticking to the wound and possibly causing problems.

Put the picture somewhere like photobucket and then use the "direct link" they give you to share it on here.

Pics not working for me, idk if its cuz I'm on a phone or not.. Vet can help best as we all know. Idk how you can get the pic up tho. I had a rat bite my first ball ages ago gave him a cut that wasn't deep an healed on its own but that was a smaller shallow cut. You may wanna switch to something like paper towels until the cut is closed tho to keep substrate out of it an keep it clean. Not sure what ointments are best, sorry, but I know don't use ones with the pain killing or numbing agents in them. Can't think of anything else I hope you get it fixed tho!

While I understand the emergency and the panic you might be in, however one of the best thing for you would be to get answer to your questions and for that the best thing is to:

1 Create your own thread

2 Be patient and wait for answer (No need to create multiple identical threads)

3 Avoid spamming multiple threads (6 of them) with something that is irrelevant to those specific threads which people will overlook and likely not answer.

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Now in the mean time, rinse the wound with betadine, replace your substrate with clean paper towel and make an appointment with an HERP vet, if your snake is “badly injured" it needs to be evaluated.

And keep the cat and kids aways from the snake.

Upload the picture to a site like Photobucket or Imageshack. Post the "direct link" here.

Switch your snake to newspaper and keep the tank hospital clean. You want it as sterile as possible to help ward off infection.

Do not apply that ointment. Just keep the wound clean.

If it's as bad as you think and making you panic, please take the snake to a reptile vet.

guys, im sure hes learned his lesson, stop raggin on him. hes got an injured snake and is asking for help. not judgement.

use photobucket and post a DL on here.

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guys, im sure hes learned his lesson, stop raggin on him. hes got an injured snake and is asking for help. not judgement.

use photobucket and post a DL on here.

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I'm not judging...just giving helpful advice.

First off, breath and take a moment to calm down. I second the advice given above but there are a couple things I'd like to add. Along with the betadine cleaning of the wound and the paper towels, make sure that you put easy to clean hides in there as well. The reason he burrowed right into his substrate is he is injured and looking for a place to feel secure and heal. Even if you have to take plastic bowls and cut an entrance into them, make sure he has hides. If you lower his stress levels, it will give him the best shot at healing. This includes leaving him alone except for wound cleaning and making sure others in the house do so as well.

Get some pictures up but from what you're describing (and the fact it's not bleeding) it sounds like some scales and maybe the top layer of skin came off. If that's the case, chances are the wound looks worse than it is. Corns are extremely hardy but on the other hand, if you are not sure how serious it is which, from the panicking tone, you aren't, you need to get him to a vet. It doesn't take long for infection to set in and the fact he's burrowed under the substrate opens him up to more infection unfortunately. Even a standard small animal vet should be able to take care of a minor wound on a snake so call and get an appointment.

I wonder how the snek turned out? Dude did a total drive by as it looks like he's never been back.