My ball python has scraped his scales off!

[lucianocook]

oh my god he feeds frozen thawed food so he isnt bitten lol. and yes you are right a bumble is not cheap. neither is my lemonblast female. who i have had for 2 years.


he is in a nd aquatics 3 ft wooden viv with a exo terra ceramic bulb the only rough item in his cage is the coconut and maybe even the orchid bark hes on...

but as of right now hes not even in that tank and hes in a plastic rub. hes going to the vet tuesday but what are they going to tell me to do? what im doing already? i didnt come on here looking for people to call me a bad pet owner.

it seems these forums are full of trolls.

[George1994]

>i didnt come on here looking for people to call me a bad pet owner

Nah you didn't. You came here for advice which you didn't really listen too haha! But you should try and figure out what happened to him, that kinda injury doesn't look good at all, and there has to be some of it on whatever he has done it on?

You have no pics of the enclosure beforehand? That would definitely help!

No one is a troll, that isn't even the definition of one either. We were trying to help and got not a lot back from you. So yeah, people will get antsy.

[lucianocook]

imj sorry his old cage is empty now he had 2 smooth caves a coconut and a shedding hide ...

i have some pics of him now which im sure all of you are gonna freak out about dw hes going vet asap. as i love him lots

but these wounds are not deep and a vet will only give him injections to prevent infection but im already on top of that

here we go

http://gyazo.com/377ab386f99b8f2faa2cf152e7d25132

[lucianocook]

oh and sorry i actually cant find a single bit of evidence on what hes done it on im sorry if i could i wouldnt be so clueless

[George1994]

Mate, that is bad! A vet won't just stop infection, he will clean it properly and possibly give you stuff you help healing him! I don't see how that can happen with that just in his cage!

The wound may not be deep but it is extensive! It is the whole way down his back pretty much!

You may think you are on top of it, but there is a reason they are professionals and paid to do it. They went to learn specifically about this. The sooner it gets there the better in my opinion.

[Felidae]

Eh.. Okay...

I never see a snake skinned himself just to crawling out from a small place. That injury (in my opinion) nearly impossible unless you use extra razor blade decoration around the opening of his hiding.
Looks more burn... Your breeder friends hopefully told to you how to setup the ceramic heat emitter to avoid accidents. Its an open wound. Maybe (repeat...Maybe) your snake recover without any vet visit. Maybe Tuesday will be too late.. Maybe you take the risk.. It's on your own.

Best regards,
A Troll

[lucianocook]

come on guys im nto a noob my breeder friend confirmed it wasnt a burn because hwen it first happened he had bit of skin hanging off! then next day i came back and it was like this.... so hes torn them bits of and made it worse.

secondly i haVE A HABISTAT proportional pulse stat which keeps a steady 90 in his enclosure and the gaurd IS NOT HOT

[George1994]

Honestly, I don't care what your breeder pal said. So what, he breeds snakes, does he also know the ins and outs of their injuries? Nah, coz he can't solve this for you.

So stuff what he says.

No matter what it is, it looks really bad and you have been told what to do quite frankly, I don't know how many more times it has to be said.

[lucianocook]

at first he had bits of flakey skin torn hanging there all over next day hed removed them and several other layers of skin to lol so he deffo did it to himself.

hes been in his rub for a few days now and nothing has got worse....

[George1994]

So what you are saying is it could be a burn coz your ceramic heater isn't in there? Your point is moot.