Here is the original post if you'd like to read through it. http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...s-this-Abscess

Almost exactly a year later and she's got another one (I'm fairly certain). This time it's on the opposite side of her gums/mouth, so I know it's not from the first one not getting cleaned out properly.

I've been watching it for a couple weeks now (this one is not nearly as fast/dramatic/large as the last one) to make sure she wasn't just a bit swollen from rubbing. I was hoping that was it because this one is closer to the front/nose end than the last.

I'll get pictures of it later when I'm home from work. Just thought I'd post this up in the mean time. I'd love to hear further insight on people with experience, or examples of others' experience.

In the year that's passed she's nearly doubled her weight (~11lbs last time I weighed her). I'm debating if it's time for a vet trip or if I should wait a couple weeks. On Friday (5/23) I'm having all 4 of my wisdom teeth removed and am not sure if I want to be tackling an 11-12lb rope of muscle multiple times a day to fill the abscess hole with antibiotics.

This is the girl that gave me a really nice bloody tag a couple months ago (I'll include pics in this thread of course), and she's actually been pretty moody since then (throwing her body when I touch her - cracked my shoulder like you crack your knuckles, hissing, whipping her head to follow my every move, very defensive). So basically not looking forward to this process lol