Red scabby looking spot on my enchi ball python

[blabbytax1]

I checked and I can afford it

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[blabbytax1]

Here's a photo of it does anyone know what it looks like I am going to call a veterinarian tomorrow or Tuesday to try to set an appointment

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[Bogertophis]

That honestly doesn't look like a burn to me at all...it's far too small. I think she cut herself on something in the cage...check for sharp edges on everything
& fix them. That looks like she bled from that scute, & then it scabbed over. You can use a tiny bit of Neosporin ointment (NOT the "pain relief" type, ONLY
the regular kind) but don't over-do it, as it causes issues with their scales & future sheds. OR, use Betadine, or & best choice, Vetericyn- it's a water-based
topical antiseptic gel that's made for reptile use. I recommend you change the cage substrate to white paper towels for a while until she's healed & shed &
stays healed AFTER shedding (shedding often pulls healed wounds open so watch for that). If it starts bleeding (ie. if it seems deeper than I'm assuming)
do see a vet, but otherwise, this doesn't look as serious as the burn we were assuming from your description. BUT...regulate that UTH, please???? Burns
are horrible for snakes, they hurt & take a LONG time to heal, & worse. I'm glad you dodged that scenario for now...

I doubt that she needs antibiotics for this, unless it seems to get infected (if the tissues around that scab turn pink, or the scab oozes, etc.), so keep an
eye on it. Not sure I'd run to the vet for this, unless (as I said) it gets worse & seems infected or keeps bleeding. Fingers crossed she heals up fine.

One more thing, while I'm thinking about it: when a snake gets an injury, they tend to shed more frequently in the effort to heal, so don't be surprised.
Keep her well-fed & well-hydrated to help her heal.

[blabbytax1]

A couple of The scales around it are pink but you can't see it in the photo and I will regulate the uth

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[Mirakuru]

I was expecting the worst, I'm happy to see I was wrong! I think Bogertophis said it all I'm glad you were able to get helpful information about heating the enclosure at the same time however.

[Bogertophis]

A couple of The scales around it are pink but you can't see it in the photo and I will regulate the uth

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Vet check not a bad idea, in that case. It is hard to tell in photo, & can also change in time. You want to keep her on paper towels so that substrate debris don't find
their way into the wound & cause more infection.

[blabbytax1]

Please don't take this the wrong way, but if you cannot afford basic proper care (& by that I mean adequate, reliable & regulated heat for their digestion) please do
not try to keep any pet snake...it's not fair to them. If you cannot afford a thermostat (or rheostat) to regulate the UTH, then it's a safe bet you cannot afford the
emergency vet care that this snake now also needs...please re-home it to someone who can take proper care of it, until your finances are such that you can provide
responsible care. Keeping pets of any kind means not just paying for the animal, & not just feeding it, not just buying a cage & adequate heating equipment, but it
also means having enough money set aside for whatever medical care may come up, without waiting to save for it while the animal suffers...that's just not right.
Unless you can borrow funds to take care of this now, please re-home this injured & hurting snake to someone (a rescue?) who can & will.


You mean like human heating pads, with the 3 buttons (low, med, hi)? Not reliable at all, & can be hazardous if used improperly. You might
be able to get away with using a "lamp dimmer" aka "rheostat" from local hardware store (not expensive at all, get the kind you plug a lamp
into the extension cord with sliding control to regulate, BUT be advised that some UTH does not easily take to being dimmed, and will just go
off instead of lowering the heat; all you can do is try it & see, not a big risk & lamp dimmers on a cord are always handy for over-head lights
(you can provide temporary heat that way too, but still need thermostat to make sure it's not too hot!) and they're handy for our own lamps
too.

I was talking about the reptile ones that have them built in I have one for a gecko but I want to make sure I can use one for the snake

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[blabbytax1]

Thank you everyone for the help this is my first snake and I was worried and I still am I will try to get her into a veterinarian asap tomorrow is memorial day so I don't if anywhere will be open

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[Bogertophis]

I was talking about the reptile ones that have them built in I have one for a gecko but I want to make sure I can use one for the snake

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There are many kinds, can you show it? If it's made for geckos it should be fine for snakes too...but I think you mean a variable temp. control, but not an actual
thermostat, right? There's a big difference, & BPs require more heat than many other herps, so it's more dangerous (as far as causing burns) if not well-regulated.
(You can't blame us for not wanting to see any more injured BPs around here...we're all animal lovers.)

[blabbytax1]

I put the arrows on it to keep it at the right temperature

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