Advice please!!!

[thomasx]

My ball python escaped from her cage and since then it's been secured. She was eating perfectly and weighing 1200 grams. She hasn't eaten for 6 months now. She doesn't look like she's lost much weight by I haven't weighed her. I've tried both frozen mice and rats. I thought the scab/ injury on her head would be better by now but it still looks bad. Any help is appreciated. I don't know if she's not eating since her head is hurt which didn't visibly appear to be the case? Not sure what to do.....

Thank you!




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[BPGator]

What in the world happened to her head???


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[thomasx]

From pushing the cage open it caused an open wound and hasn't really gotten better... not sure what to do
About the injury and her not eating.


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[Oxylepy]

Have you been using neosporin? The plain stuff, not the stuff with other chemicals. If not, you should be treating her for that burn.

Not eating is whatever, my own adult female has been off food since december. By august she'll be eating again and will put on another 600-1000g before she goes off food again.

Edit: Injury. It does look like a burn, though

[thomasx]

So 6 months isn't too much to worry about? I know they can go up to a year without eating but it really stinks she was eating well before all this happened. I'm 99% sure it's from her pushing the top of the cage open which has weights on top of the screen.

I haven't used neosporin on it. Apply it daily? Would antibiotics from the vet help?

Wondering if trying to force feed would jump start her back into eating?


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[BPGator]

If she looks like she hasn't lost weight, I wouldn't worry about her eating; certainly don't force feed her at this point.

If this is injury is from the screen, treating it is useless since she'll continue to aggravate it. You need to modify her enclosure so she doesn't injure herself. Did the injury first occur while she was loose or within her enclosure?


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[CALM Pythons]

Thats not fresh enough to treat. If she keeps pushing like BPGator said and it gets raw then treat it....its a scab now and will be for a good while... That was a deep one and it looks like the scales gone. Each shed will help but you will likely always see the scar..


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[DLena]

That scab is pulled awfully tight. Make sure your humidity is good, and be really aware of her blue phase so you can give her a humid hide. When she does shed, diligently check the cast-off for completeness and her head for any raw-looking wound area. If it's raw, or the scabbed area doesn't shed properly, get a picture posted quickly. At that point, you may need a vet and some antibiotics. Good luck with your poor baby.

[thomasx]

If she looks like she hasn't lost weight, I wouldn't worry about her eating; certainly don't force feed her at this point.

If this is injury is from the screen, treating it is useless since she'll continue to aggravate it. You need to modify her enclosure so she doesn't injure herself. Did the injury first occur while she was loose or within her enclosure?


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The injury Happened during her escape. She's in a 40 gallon tank with plenty of room but during the escape is when her head was injured. Not positive how it happened but sometime during the escape.


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[thomasx]

That scab is pulled awfully tight. Make sure your humidity is good, and be really aware of her blue phase so you can give her a humid hide. When she does shed, diligently check the cast-off for completeness and her head for any raw-looking wound area. If it's raw, or the scabbed area doesn't shed properly, get a picture posted quickly. At that point, you may need a vet and some antibiotics. Good luck with your poor baby.

Thanks everyone... would antibiotics help now? Also I honestly haven't heard of the blue phase; what is it? Her humidity is usually around 40-50 but hard to keep perfect all the time. I use moss to keep the humidity in there. The problem is she only has shed once in 6 months since she's not eating she hasn't shed....


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