Let me start off by saying I feel like an ass. Great way to introduce myself to the community, I know. I woke up this morning to find my IJ carpet stuck to the adhesive on the back of the thermo/hygro. I imagine it fell off in the middle of the night and he ran over it, getting caught in the adhesive backing. The skin was really stretched out to the point of tearing from his efforts to pull himself off. I managed to get him free after almost an hour of struggling with the use of some olive oil and mild soap. The skin got stretched pretty good, and he has a lateral gash about 3/4" long just a few inches aft of his head. I washed him in mild soapy water and rinsed him off and put him in a now sterile tank (paper towels, water bowl, hide with damp sphagnum moss, and NO adhesive bull). I read that bacitracin could be used so I tried to apply some, but I felt like I was just going to open the wound more because the ointment is so viscous and gummy. I have some betadine (iodine) that is liquid, but I'm unsure how this would work on a snake. Any advice on what to do keep the wound from becoming infected, or what I can do to help him recover faster would be welcome. I know this is the BP section of the forum, and my snake is a carpet, but I figured this is probably the most viewed section.
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