Solana - Our Scaleless Sunglow Motley Corn

[dakski]

Good news, sort of bad news, and eh news.

First, on my way to the vet, Solana passed the remaining two eggs! I got there and the vet held out his hand and showed me the eggs/good news.

This is huge. She wasted after passing the eggs as well. So she's not blocked up, is much less swollen, and the prognosis has dramatically improved.

Secondly, the sort of bad news. the vet thinks she is septic, but he believes she is on the right antibiotics to fight that and she is showing signs of improvement. Like other things in snakes/reptiles, sepsis moves slowly and the vet is very optimistic about her making it through that.

Third, the eh news. Her shed is really bad and she has some scarring under the skin - likely from the sepsis. The vet believes she will have some permanent scarring on her body/skin. I told him, "I couldn't care less as long as it's only visual and not hurting her." He said it would be predominantly if not completely a visual thing and nothing more. He was relieved to her me say that all I cared about was her well being.

Finally, the plan.

1. Calcium and Pain Killer orally for the next 3 days.

2. 5 more doses of antibiotics - once every 3 days with her first dose with me tomorrow. These are given in the muscle (inter muscular injections). She has had two doses already.

3. Soak her and keep her tank humid to try to help with her shed. Her mouth and most of her head hasn't shed. Same with much her of her body except for some pieces. Not ideal.

4. Feed her ASAP after shed and she will eat.

5. To try to prevent this in the future: No brumation (which I do not have her do anyway) and move her so her tank isn't right above Figment (male corn snake). To be clear. There is a very small probability that is what caused or encouraged her to lay eggs. However, it cannot hurt. So I plan to move them farther apart.

6. Bring her in for a checkup/followup in 2-3 weeks unless things are worse.

The vet is shocked. He was not optimistic and said he didn't tell me how worried he was when I dropped her off and then when she didn't pass the eggs quickly. He feels the prognosis is quite good now.

Solana is resting comfortably in her favorite hide right now and getting some much needed rest and hopefully will shed ASAP.



Katie's been away for 11 days and comes back tomorrow. Just in time to help with meds for Solana. So that's good.

Below are pics of Solana when she laid eggs and had the three stuck and them a few from today. I will keep everyone posted. So relieved for good news, but she can still use thoughts and prayers, so keep them coming.





And today.