Quote Originally Posted by satomi325 View Post
Looks like a burn to me.

Heat Rock - NEVER USE ONE. If your snake doesn't have a burn yet, it will soon enough on a heat rock.


Heat Mat - Get a thermoSTAT to control the heat. Unregulated heat mats can spike and be hot enough to burn a snake.


Regardless if it's a burn or scale rot, you can apply Silver Sulfadiazine cream. And you can also disinfect the area with Betadine before using the cream.
I would stop bathing your snake. You want the area to be dry, not wet or moist.
I was told that using cream too much would cause the scales to come off, would that be something to be concerned about with the silver sulfadiazine cream or betadine?


The vet said a bath everyday. After this bath seeing how red her poor belly got I don't think ill be doing that again. Lucy was prescribed a "triple antibiotic with dex" according to the vets notes. Right now I am currently using brand new clean towel (I change every week) as the substrate. This vet bill is putting me so far into the hole, and it's getting more and more frustrating seeing that I've probably wasted a few hundred dollars on a vet who doesnt know jack.

They want me to go back two more times this week at almost 90$ per visit to get 2 more gentamicin injections on top of the one she got today. Is that a good idea? I really don't have the money to keep dishing out as I've already dropped a ton and need to make sure I have enough for bills and such.

Oh and one last thing, the vet said to get a UVA lamp to put on top of the tank, except now my humidity went from 50 to 20!! I have two huge water bowls in there but it's not helping.



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