Coming Clean

[thegoalie22]

I am new to this site, this in fact being my first post. I have had my bp(normal) for about 8 months. I have made a mistake that I am not proud of. My bp sheds about once every 5 weeks, and I have a very bad habit of actually helping him shed by pulling off the shed. I know this is a very bad habit and I have made a promise to myself to stop. I just hate not handling him while he is shedding. I do always wait till the skin is starting to split, already a little split, or at the very earliest 24 hours after the blue eye phase is completely gone. A few months ago, because of this, he got a minor case of scale rot, which cleared up. He has after his last shed, 1 little(maybe a cm long) reddish orange very thin abrasion I guess you could call it on 1 scale on his belly. Because of an accidental cracking of his cage, he got the about 8 inches or so of him stuck on some tape that was holding it together while I find a new tank, which I got today. The tape that he got stuck on pulled the outer part of some scales near his head. The part that got pulled off sorta looked like shed, but I know it wasn't. On his underside of his head, 2 scales have turned pinkish-red because of this. I am treating with Neosporin everyday. On parts of his back,mainly like on his spine, some of his scales have turned either creme colored(thats wat the scales that were stuck on the tape turned to, but these are not from that) or have a black tip to them.
He is eating regularly(1 small rat every 7-10 days) and he has actually never refused food.
I promise to not assist him with his shed anymore. Will he be ok? He will shed again probably in about a month. Thoughts?

[mechnut450]

should be fine if you keep the bottom of the cage dry and an eye on the injury.. Make suer the the Neosporin is with out the pain relief caue the med used for pain can make the snake sick/kill it . I would also expect that he will shed sooner than the normal every 5 weeks cause ther eis an injury to the skin and he will try to get the injury fixed ( by shedding ) to prevent infection.

[thegoalie22]

It is actually an off brand Triple Antibiotic.

[ranapipiens89]

thegoalie22, are you by chance also a member of the HCA group forums? There's a member on there that has a similar name to you... If so, HI!!! I'm on there too! I just got my very first ball python on Friday, so I am still learning a LOT.

[thegoalie22]

Yes I am!!!!!!!!lol
Although I may get banned because I kinda yelled at someone on there.

[ranapipiens89]

Yes I am!!!!!!!!lol
Although I may get banned because I kinda yelled at someone on there.

Uh oh.... That's no good, here's hoping you don't, I've read some of your posts and you seem pretty cool.... I'd hate to see you go, obviously I probably would miss you if I noticed you on here! I love it when people use the same names cross-site... makes it so easy to find everyone... I NEVER use a different name, ever, lol...

Here's my new baby <3
http://pets.webshots.com/photo/26739...02280098fKNFMg