Behira - 2016 Female Ivory Ghost - First BCI

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Behira got another good soak today. Her scales on her body have some red blotches, but they are faint. This seems to be a similar pattern as last time. Her belly is still reddish, but not horrible.

After a 25 minute soak, her skin/scales looked better. I am hoping the soaks are penetrating her scales and giving her some relief and hopefully more than just relief, but moving towards getting her cured.

I checked in with the vet again. Through the front desk person, she said she is leaning away from a skin infection because of how normal, or how close to normal, her white blood count was. I asked about topical treatment and she said that she really doesn't do that with snakes, at least not a whole body type problem. She said to keep soaking her if that seems to help and see if it resolves over time. She is also very happy she (Behira) is pounding food.

She said the next step would be imaging, fearing that something more serious is going on. I am not sure how I feel about that given how she is a) eating and b) acting normal otherwise. However, I am running out of ideas and getting really discouraged. I will be even more discouraged if the soaks don't help. Having said that, I will give them some time as they do seem to give her relief, at least momentarily. Plus, it could take a few sheds to resolve and I do not know how to measure progress for this as no one seems to now what's going on.

I even emailed Vin Russo, having read his books, and he hadn't really heard of this either. He was very kind to quickly and thoroughly email me back, and I thank him for that, but he also said if it wasn't a bacterial infection on the skin, he had no clue.

EDIT: I wanted to add how much I appreciate everyone on here who has been following along and thinking of Behira and sending well wishes. THANK YOU. It means a lot.