Newest BP rescue

[shelpen]

Any update for us?

[Ghost68]

Wow you really are doing amazing work and I really hope something great happens in your life like what your doing for those animals.

[O'Mathghamhna]

YES! Update time!!

So for the first few weeks I was doing daily soaks then applying Sulfa, along with antibiotic injections every 3 days (which I still have to continue to do). I finally stopped the daily soaks about a week ago when I noticed we weren't making any progress, and just figured he will shed when he's ready.

Sure enough, today I put him in a warm, wet pillowcase and let him sit for a few minutes. Then I took him out and began rolling the pillowcase against him, and a patch came loose, then rolled off. I kept working, and he began producing that secretion that aides in shedding and he let me gently roll his shed off! It took about an hour and a half since it came off in pieces, but ALL of the stuck shed and the new shed came off, including the eye caps. ALL of the scale rot came off too! His belly is a beautiful cream color again, and no more rotten scales!! He has a tiny tinge of pink on the tips of his scales in one 2-inch section (where the rot was the worst), but other than that his skin is gorgeous, and he finally looks and feels like a normal ball python!

As if that's not enough good news, he peed and pooped too right after the last of the shed came loose! Pee is a little dark, and he lost a bit of fluids today with the shed as well so I'm going to tube him some IV fluids tomorrow morning. We are continuing the shots for any remaining internal infection, but he is recovering beautifully!!

Here's the best part: BEFORE AND AFTER PICS!

BEFORE: Rot and stuck shed under chin:



AFTER! Old and new shed came off, along with rot!



BEFORE: Scale rot on belly



AFTER! All clear!



I am so thrilled. The poop was too small and watery to test, and I want to hold off on anti-parasitics until we get a clean bill of health, but things are looking so much better. And despite it all, he has yet to even nip at me.


I have named him, appropriately, Phoenix.

[Nellasaur]

Wow wow wow wow! Amazing work you're doing, and such amazing progress! He's a handsome dude and clearly in fantastic, loving hands. Phoenix, rise!

[BMorrison]

Wow incredible work you've done! Glad to see he's in good hands!


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[O'Mathghamhna]

Wow wow wow wow! Amazing work you're doing, and such amazing progress! He's a handsome dude and clearly in fantastic, loving hands. Phoenix, rise!

Thanks so much! He's doing the hard part though

[meganmarkita15]

Beautiful 😢😊

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[MixtSpice]

Any updates on the poor baby? Glad he came into your care!