Please help urgent!!!

hello everyone

ok so i rescued this corn snake and the back end of it is fat. the person i got it off was told its a fat patch but im not so sure. there's some dried blood around her vent and now her sides have actually split and her scales are literally starting to peel off revealing a raw skin underneath.

no im not peeling the scales off, they are coming off on their own accord. and i know its not a burn, iv seen burns before. this is not.

im trying antibiotic cream and keeping her clean and that but shes not feeding and hasnt now for 6 weeks. shes a 6 ft 8 year old female.

i have booked the vets for monday but just wanna know til then what i can expect.

please help i am really worried.

DrillBit

i also realise this is not a ball python and im sorry.

Posting pictures would help. From your description, it doesn't sound like anything I've seen before.

that sounds like it is gut impacted get her to a vet ASAP!

its going ot die otherwise.

I'd call the vet and tell them she really needs to be seen today. Hope it works out!

hi thanks guys. i have phoned the vet and she is going to be seen as soon as poss.

i am trying to get pics on here but cant at the mo. i shall get pics later on.

thanks for the gut reaction suggestion but from what the guy who i got her from said shes been like it for some time. i got told by a reptile shop owner that its game over, but honestly, stuff him i dont wanna give up on her.

the person who owned it before needs a slap.

what a moron.

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i got told by a reptile shop owner that its game over, but honestly, stuff him i dont wanna give up on her.

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That is likely the case, but I'm sending you all the good luck and hope I have. Keep us updated, I really hope this turns out to be one of those stories with a happy ending!!

I'd guess impaction too. Not a good verdict without possible surgery.
Good luck, please post pics when you can.

yes sounds liek a impact gut to me also. I say if not treated asap the snake may dye because it my rupture and become a blood infection and kill the snake fast and painfully.
I will bet that you will find shavings/ some other material caused the blockage if she makes it ot the vet.

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Originally Posted by mechnut450

yes sounds liek a impact gut to me also. I say if not treated asap the snake may dye because it my rupture and become a blood infection and kill the snake fast and painfully.
I will bet that you will find shavings/ some other material caused the blockage if she makes it ot the vet.

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aspen is very low risk for this. it would be something harder like bark or walnut shell.

and i do agree there is a very good change that its blood is already septic.

I moved this into the Corn forum for ya. Poor baby! I hope the vet can help...good luck with her!

Sorry to hear, I hope you were able to get her seen before the weekend. Let us know how it works out.

thank for all your support i will update on monday.

hi guys

so heres hte update.

the vet said she had a build up of some sort of fluid in her tail hence the 'fat patch' she then managed to contract septaseimia (spelling?). i now have her on a course of anti biotics and a solution to take care of the infection and clear up her scales.

the source of the fluid build up or reason of why it was there in the first place is unknown.

thanks and lots of love

Drillbit

Glad to hear she's gonna pull though. Good job getting her the right care.

And you claim she's a 6'8" corn? I gotta see pics of this! Post 'em pleaseeee!:gj:

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Originally Posted by Drillbit

hi guys

so heres hte update.

the vet said she had a build up of some sort of fluid in her tail hence the 'fat patch' she then managed to contract septaseimia (spelling?). i now have her on a course of anti biotics and a solution to take care of the infection and clear up her scales.

the source of the fluid build up or reason of why it was there in the first place is unknown.

thanks and lots of love

Drillbit

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thats great news. septicemia is no joke glad that the vet felt it was still treatable and went forwards.

Thanks for the update! I hope the antibiotics due the trick and she is all better soon!

Hey peeps

Barabara is on an injection of antibiotics a day. i put iodine on her split scales and althoguh she hasnt eaten yet she has had a stomach tube thingy.

shes pretty active. and im glad to have her with me.

and she's not 6'8''. shes just 6'. but still growing!!!

thanks and love

DrillBit

A 6 footer is still impressive. Once she's all healed up I'd love to see some pics!

And I wouldn't worry about the not eating just yet. Meds can kill their appetite and a few weeks off food never hurt a corn.

Dennis

I happy to hear that she's doing better, post some pics soon :)