My ball python is hurt should I go see a vet ?

[Mark144]

Is the vet visit pressing, because I don't know any vet for reptile

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[Mark144]

And his injury seems to be related to his scales like it doesn't seems like there's any open wound ? And his scales around the injury are whitening ? I don't know if it is useless information but heh


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[Bogertophis]

Is the vet visit pressing, because I don't know any vet for reptile

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[Bogertophis]

And his injury seems to be related to his scales like it doesn't seems like there's any open wound ? And his scales around the injury are whitening ? I don't know if it is useless information but heh


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No idea why the scales would be whitening...

You said there was blood...so there has to be an open wound, inviting infection. You've already waited quite a while, not without risk to your snake.

[Bogertophis]

So listen, you can see his injuries better in person: IF it's NOT deep or bleeding a significant amount (a tiny amount of blood would have been normal from his
shedding & pulling of the skin in the process & thus opening the wound up a little) personally I'd apply* some antiseptic as I previously suggested, & keep him
clean (on paper towels) and skip the vet visit...UNLESS it seems to be infected. And if you aren't sure, a vet visit would be best. *Don't remove any stuck skin,
apply antiseptic over/into/onto the injured areas as best you can. Betadine dabbed on will probably penetrate best just to clean it up (& since it's watery, might
even help the old shed skin come loose)...then dry & apply a little ointment. Repeat once a day or so (unless you take him to vet & have other instructions).
Again, I can only tell so much from online. Use your best judgement...we don't go to the doctor for a skinned knee, right? So if it's the equivalent, you can treat
much the same. But since it's been a couple weeks & you haven't applied any antiseptic, I am concerned it might be infected. And I don't know how good of a
"nurse" you are... so it's hard for me to advise.

[Mark144]

If his injury before he shed didn't penetrated bellow his scales and didn't bleed at all could it still had gotten infected ?
And thank you alot for helping me

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[pretends2bnormal]

If his injury before he shed didn't penetrated bellow his scales and didn't bleed at all could it still had gotten infected ?
And thank you alot for helping me

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Even if the injury itself did not bleed originally, as soon as you saw blood (after the shed, if I read the thread right), there was an infection risk from a now-open wound at that time.

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[303_enfield]

Since you can't find a Herb Vet, try contacting any local zoo and or a snake breeder. They should know of a Herb Vet.

The only one near me it six hours away.