Owners beware!! Adhesive gauges!!
Hi everybody,
Just want to make a quick announcement to any beginner, intermediate and experienced keeper alike.
Please be VERY cautious when dealing with adhesive backed thermometer and or humidity gauges when dealing with snakes.
I had never had an experience like this that has ever happened to me but thank god I knew what to do in order for me to help my snake.
Today was feeding day, I get home with my mice after going out (they've only ever eaten live) and I come back, I always feed charlie first. (first ball python, 7 years old) his feeding response is amazing.
Next is my girl daisy, didn't notice anything at first until after I had noticed that she didn't come out of her hide after holding the mouse in front of it. I then take up her hide, and the thermometer/humidity gauge I had bought as a deal (made by zoomed) was completely stuck to the underside of her neck/head! of course at first I panicked because it looked as if her whole
underside of skin had been torn off, but I took the time to relax for a minute and went to the kitchen, grabbed some vegetable oil and q tips and started rubbing on the adhesive/skin.
I peeled the thermometer from the base at first as it would sort of loosen up the tension it held down on her skin. The vegetable oil did the trick a few minutes later with what looks like only very minor damage.
She will be going into the vet tomorrow for a check up and hopefully everything looks good.
Please beware when dealing with adhesive and snakes. This was the absolute worst case that could've happened and I'm just so happy that I knew what to do in that time of action.
Just imagine what would've happened to a poor kid seeing his snake like that.
PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS OF THE THERMOMETERS WITH ADHESIVE BACKING, PLEASE! YOUR SNAKES WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT.
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