EMERGENCY | My Ball Python's Scales Just Split

[Nixon]

His scales seem less loose than they were before. He's still wrinkly but I can't pull them out as far. With that, his affected areas are getting extremely dry due to the antibiotic cream. I really don't know what to do about that. It's dried out, crinkled and whiter. He also seems to be bleeding way less where his stitches are. So possibly thing are healing up and maybe the Vitamin C is working for his scales.

He still eats which is a good sign. He tried to eat my finger. I fed him and then I had to moved him and he thought my finger was food and bit it and curled around my hand. My first snake bite. It didn't hurt as much as I thought it would. He let go after he realized, though. I do notice that he is not exactly the strongest with his coils but that's why we have dead mice.

So, we've been giving him shots of Vitamin C every night and every night he puts up more of a fight. I think he's getting stronger.

Still, through all of this, he's still a curious little guy, always flicking his tongue out and trying to squirm about. I have a good feeling he'll make it through this.