I'm worried my snake is on death's door

[ashleymarie]

Due to my terrible husbandry which has since been corrected, my little guy got burned on his belly. It looks much worse and I'm honestly at a loss as to what is going to happen. I just want to know if anyone has ever had their snake come back from a burn like this.

Also I am currently moving my animals to FL and will be at my destination tomorrow afternoon. I plan on taking him to a vet there ASAP but I really want to see what you all think. Just testing the waters to be able to go in to the vet with a good idea of what may happen...

[DVirginiana]

Are those yellow scales puffy and swollen or dried out?

I'll let someone with burn experience help you out with those, but is your snake tongue-flicking and wrapping around you when you pick him up? If a snake is really on death's door they'll tend to be more non-responsive. Hopefully he's responsive and you won't have to worry as much till he gets to the vet.

[KMG]

Ive seen worse burns than that recover. It will take time and you are going to have to keep your husbandry on point.

[ashleymarie]

The scales are still swollen... I've been keeping him dry and clean and on paper towels. And yeah he's pretty responsive so far.

[PitOnTheProwl]

I have one that was way worse.
Just remember clean paper towels all the time.

[Spartacus12]

My snake had a burn - he burrowed to the glass one day which he never has done in 2 years ... I had the UTH on the outside of the tank, but it was unregulated (my mistake) - his burn wasn't as deep as yours and he needed injections every 3 days and a cream to restore the skin etc. There's a chance this gets infected on the outside then your looking at spreading to an internal infection. I would get him to the vet asap as you said. He's fully healed and back to normal now, with some scarring in the bad spots.

I wish you luck

[ashleymarie]

Little buddy just shed last night and he looks GREAT.

[gameonpython]

Little buddy just shed last night and he looks GREAT.

Much better!


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