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You need to make the 3 hour drive to the vet. You took responsibility for his life, and that includes a vet visit.
In the meantime, have you turned his tank into a 'hospital setup'? That means removing all decor except a hide and water dish and replacing the bedding with paper towels. That will help keep debris out of the wound. You don't want something getting stuck in it and causing an infection beneath healed tissue later.
Also, bathing him in plain water is pointless. It's just going to stress him out, and without betadine or chlorhexidine (both of which can be found at any WalMart or pharmacy) in it, they aren't going to prevent infection. Until you can get to a vet, I'd recommend flushing the wound with a betadine solution at least once, maybe twice a day. After flushing with a betadine solution, you can put antibiotic ointment like Neosporin (painkiller free) on it and cover the wound. You'll want to keep it covered (you'll have to figure out what combo of surgical tape and gauze works best; and it HAS to be tape designed for wounds! You can't substitute any other sticky material) to keep it from drying out too much and help with the healing process.
Also, I wouldn't recommend wrapping any sort of bandage around his whole body. Use the picture that was posted earlier in this thread as a guide for bandaging. Wrapping anything around the entire body can be VERY dangerous as bandage material will often constrict and cut off circulation in response to swelling, breathing, or movement.
I've seen snakes with wounds of this severity make a comeback and heal completely without vet care, but it takes SERIOUS devotion to keeping those wounds clean, and even then you're gambling with whether or not it will get infected; the cases I'm talking about were badly injured wild rescues that rehab facilities wouldn't take due to being such common species and needing so much care... And also in the hands of people with years of experience caring for extremely sick or injured animals.
DON'T take this to mean I'm saying you don't need to see a vet. You absolutely do. It's your responsibility as his owner, and a three hour drive is nothing. Doing anything other than taking him to a vet is risking his life.
EDIT: Neosporin and similar antibiotic ointments can cause issues with scales due to being oily, so I definitely wouldn't apply that more than once a day. Just be aware of that when you're using it.
Last edited by DVirginiana; 11-21-2015 at 03:04 PM.
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Re: Need Urgent Help ASAP!!!
I called the vet place and they redirected me to a different closer snake vet in a different state that's a bit closer to me. I told her my situation and made a appointment with them for Monday. All she told me to do was give him a 10 minute warm bath once a day and not put anything on it at all. Also to up his temp(she didn't say how much so I've kept it at 92 at a hotspot). Side note to you side donkeys, I do love my snake, and I'd put all the care in the world for him. You say just use mapquest or Google maps, well sorry I suck at directions more than anything in the world. I get lost extremely easily, the only reason I can do this is because my mom said she'd come down and drive me there. So, next time someone asks for help, why not be a little more helpful and not just jump to criticism? You're the reason why most people don't even comment or even bother with forms in the first place. Thanks to all the people who actually cared about my snakes well being and gave me helpful info I'll keep this updated. My fiancee is the one who started this as she wanted to make a account but she never got a email to post so she just used my computer to post. I was working 10-7 when she posted it then had to work 11-8 today which is why the vet thing is on Monday since they're closed on sundays. I just started my job at Walmart 2~ weeks ago and need the money since I've only got 1 check since I get paid biweekly. Now all of that will be going into him since I feel like this is going to be expensive. (Just a regular vet charged me $400 for a cat checkup that I found abandoned in the road) I love snakes more than anything, even humans. So don't dare question my love for him. As shown by one of the helpful posters it can be done, and we'd of done everything to get it done. I've nursed a adolescent bearded dragon that got his head crushed and was blind from his owner putting him in a cage with a adult one. Assist fed him crickets, and now you can barely tell his head was crushed except for a little bump, and he can see fine now thanks to getting his swelling down.
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Re: Need Urgent Help ASAP!!!
 Originally Posted by Naraku
I called the vet place and they redirected me to a different closer snake vet in a different state that's a bit closer to me.
glad to see he is getting to a vet
Side note to you side donkeys, I do love my snake, and I'd put all the care in the world for him. You say just use mapquest or Google maps, well sorry I suck at directions more than anything in the world. I get lost extremely easily, the only reason I can do this is because my mom said she'd come down and drive me there. So, next time someone asks for help, why not be a little more helpful and not just jump to criticism? You're the reason why most people don't even comment or even bother with forms in the first place
no reason to get mad at anyone. you or your partner post about a hurt snake on forms that are full of snake lovers and say you dont know if you can take him to a vet people will get upset about that and give you a hard time over it
So, next time someone asks for help, why not be a little more helpful and not just jump to criticism
almost everyone who posted gave you help he needed to go to a vet plain and simple and again I for one am glad he is going and hope he does well
I just started my job at Walmart 2~ weeks ago and need the money since I've only got 1 check since I get paid biweekly. Now all of that will be going into him since I feel like this is going to be expensive. (Just a regular vet charged me $400 for a cat checkup that I found abandoned in the road)
Now is where it gets harder to say anything but I feel this must be said again As a pet owner you are responsible for your pets care. Wile I am again glad that you helped a cat you found and a beardie this is not about them this is about a snake that needed a vets care. If you can not afford to care for a animal you should not have it. yes vets are expensive but this is part of the deal of being a pet owner
As shown by one of the helpful posters it can be done
just because something can be done does not mean is should be done
Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired.
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