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    My poor ball got a nasty flesh wound. I need help.

    Ok- a little bit of a back story. My 1.5 year old ball python initially injured himself one night (a little over a month ago) during a late night escape from his tank - didn't latch all the way apparently and his little body wedged it open to freedom. Anyway, he burned the top of his head of the overhead lamp. His vet gave us silver sulfadiazine cream to treat it until healed. The treatment was working great too.

    Well, last night i come home to see that he somehow rubbed his scab partly off his head down to raw flesh. I freaked and immediately pulled him out of the cage to look at it. I am worried and getting very anxious about it (but i have an anxiety disorder so this large, internal reaction is not uncommon) my partner (a decade long snake keeper) said it should heal fine. i put more of that cream on it - which caused a pretty immediate calming reaction in him and how he's slithering away in good spirits. How worried should i be? I'm going to keep cleaning and treating it daily until i can get him into vet next week. Has anyone else had similar wounds in their snakes? Any advice or snake injury success stories would be so helpful. Thanks.

    I'm a very worried snake momma. 3 hour long anxiety attack and would love some peace of mind.

    I will be adding an image of the injury later. Its still early and my partner is still sleeping.


    Last edited by thatbookishgirl; 05-21-2015 at 08:38 AM. Reason: additional information

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