5 weeks in the life of a rescue!!!

Hi there I took in a royal on the 3rd of january this year with rather nasty thermal burns and the start of necrotic dermatitus, I was very worried so started by cleaning the open wounds with hibiscrub and saline, and I put her in a small tub slightly warmer than normal, with paper as a substrate and a ceramic hide and a small water bowl just big enough for her head to get in and drink nothing more. I started by cleaning her 3 times daily till her first shed then after that i did twice a day and she ate an XL defrost mouse, and she just shed last night so there are some stage photography!

Thanks for looking

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/...5122_thumb.jpg

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/...5215_thumb.jpg

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/...5237_thumb.jpg

ok this is after first assisted shed

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/...5156_thumb.jpg

http://www.livefoodshop.co.uk/forum/...5258_thumb.jpg

And this is today after an unassisted 2 piece shed last night

http://www.jays-reptiles.co.uk/forum...080206_003.jpg

http://www.jays-reptiles.co.uk/forum...080206_011.jpg

http://www.jays-reptiles.co.uk/forum...080206_010.jpg

So thats the improvement in 5 weeks, 2 sheds 1 feed and hopefully going from strength to strength!!


Thanks for looking



Peter

Wow Peter that's a definite improvement!


How was this poor snake so badly hurt? Heat rock? Dirty/wet substrate? What a mess that belly was but coming along with your great care.

The BCI we rescued had a thermal belly burn from exposure to a huge heat rock plus wet bedding but no where near that advanced thank goodness.

Can't wait for more pics as this poor creature regains it's health.


~~Jo~~

OMG!! What an improvement!! :thumbsup: Holy cow, the poor thing. Looks like it's on the road to recovery. Congrats on help it out. *still cringing over those first pics*

I just want to say that you are a truly good person to take responsibility of an animal in that shape and try to bring it back...good for you!:number1:

Fantastic. Keep it up. Its a huge improvement and I'm sure time consuming as well.

Keep up the good work Peter! That girl is looking much better :D

Wow. Those are really hard pictures to look at. But the dramatic improvement makes it all worth it. It's amazing what some consistent, determined tender-loving-care can do for an animal. And it's obvious this animal is getting the best of that!


Sure is good to see signs of a "happy ending" after viewing the terrible wounds that poor thing had to endure!

thanks a lot!!!

Wow, that's fantastic! If I just saw the first pictures, I wouldn't think she'd make it.

You have done very well, and are an excellent care-taker. Hopefully you and your new friend will have a very long life together :)

cheers! I am just glad to have helped, I rescue 20-30 animals a year which I usually re-habilitate and then rehome, but I am keeping more and more LOL!!

Wow...you need a new name, Dr. Peter Goodsnake, I think. =)

As hard as those pictures are to look at I think they need to be saved as reference to how bad a belly can get and how much can be done to rehabilitate even a snake in that state.


~~Jo~~

Wow, those were some bad burns, I wouldn't have even thought that snake was alive when they were taken, so do you know how it happend? Must have been an ignorant and irresponsible owner, thank goodness the bp happend to get to your hands. :thumbsup: :banana:

That's awesome man, I don't know if I would have been very confident taking on a rescue like that.

respec.......(you know like Ali-G)

(/In my Best Peter Griffin voice) You know what really grinds my gears? People who let their pets conditions deteriorate to that point.


Bless you! You've done a great job so far taking care of that BP, keep it up and I'm sure it'll be in tip top shape before no time.


Jason

Hey Peter - how is this girl doing? Just curious...=)

Wow shes lookin good!

Amazing pictures and recovery! You did a great job Peter!

oh what i wish i could say to those peoplehttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/icons/icon8.gif i watch the animal police shows and those make me mad too, but this was just horriffic!https://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/icons/icon8.gif

youve done an AMAZING job on the healing, so keep up the great work!https://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/icons/icon14.gifhttps://ball-pythons.net/forums/images/icons/icon7.gif

I'm hoping Peter will see I've resurrected this thread so we can get an update...=)

No kidding. Peter's done a heck of a job in those 5 weeks. I wonder how's it going for both of them.???

i'm so surprised that such great healing could take place so quickly... great job!!!

check out the FAO cassandra post!