Saving William Wallace, my poor VERY septic ball python!

[SepticWallace]

Lol, sorry about that. I was planning to just upload them from my phone and edit the post, but then the stupid app on my phone hung so I posted that and they never uploaded, then I went to edit the post and put them in and couldn't find the damn edit button. So...anyway here:

How his tail looked the day I brought him home from the vet: http://i.imgur.com/oqcMh90.jpg
How his tail looks now: http://i.imgur.com/rvYHfoH.jpg
One of the blisters on his side: http://i.imgur.com/LUhi97h.jpg

There are a few more blisters in various places around his body, but that's definitely the biggest one. that's the one most of the fluid came out of but the next day or so it was filled back up again. It seems to subside when he's laying flat as if the fluid disperses around under his skin ... I'm worried if he sheds his whole back half is going to be raw or something

[bcr229]

Those look almost like burns to me.

[zina10]

oh my.

That poor, poor baby This is really, really bad. But you already know that.

All I can say, I send all my good thoughts and vibes your way, it would be so wonderful if that poor baby could pull through !!!

But yeah, gosh, its bad...

But there is hope, he ate !!

[SepticWallace]

Those look almost like burns to me.

I can assure you the majority of the damage is not burns, because it happened after I got him and the only thing hot in his cage was the heat lamp on top which has a recessed bulb sitting well above the mesh and he never went near it anyway. I can't say though that maybe he didn't get burned before, and the burns got infected and that's what caused the sepsis, that's definitely a possibility, but the huge chunk missing from his tail was definitely ripped off because I noticed it literally hanging off his body

Poor little guy must have been in a lot of pain!

I am also going to ask about nutritional supplements and more fluid therapy, as well as why he drank so much as soon as he got home. Anyway he's still slithering ... the snake version of "still kickin'" so hopefully he'll continue to get better. He's eaten three times since this ordeal started so hopefully he will start to put some weight back on and get his metabolism going again which will help him heal! I'll post updates as we move forward

[SepticWallace]

Thank you to whoever suggested reading the thread by Nixon BTW! That was a looooong read but gave me some hope! I feel like Dave and Wallace are gonna be bros!

[SepticWallace]

Just an update for everyone!

Wallace finally pooped and the fecal sample came back positive for pinworms, so he is going to be dewormed on Tuesday. At that time we're also going to evaluate a potential tertiary round of antibiotics to deal with the blisters and any other lingering issues. Overall though, his skin is healing and the redness that was chronic throughout his body is finally almost completely faded away. When he goes for his recheck on Tuesday we'll have a new weight also to see if he has gained any weight! It seems like he's improving a little bit each day and luckily the last time he shed was right when this whole thing started so he should have a while before he needs to shed again which will make the skin healing process much easier. Anyway, that's the info I have as of right now. I'll provide another update soon!