Marks Under Head?

[Ibanez540r]

Any idea what this is?



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[Bogertophis]

Do you feed live rodents? If so, it could be bite wounds- rodents object to being dinner, & even if they don't win the battle, they fight back as best they can.

It might also be just a wound from something sharp (like a branch?) in his cage- it's hard to say for sure. Best wound care for snakes is Vetericyn ointment, as it's water-based (not petroleum based like ointments made for humans), but in a pinch you can dab on some Betadine solution (povidone-iodine), or a tiny bit of Neosporin ointment (just NEVER the pain relief version). It looks mostly healed anyway, hard to tell though.

[Ibanez540r]

No, just frozen. Thanks for the advice. You don't think it could be scale rot?

[jmcrook]

It’s not scale rot. Those are abrasions from jamming its head into things. The wounds line up with the lower jaw bones. My retics used to do that all the time.


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[Ibanez540r]

Awesome, good to hear. Thanks!