EMERGENCY* Bad skin disorder

[Sausage]

I know you are only speaking out of your love for the animals but lets not phrase things in that manner if at all possible.

Sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound accusing or like a scold...
Let me rephrase: "That looks horrific!"

Bad wording on my part.

@bznj1:
Please, that sort of stuff is totally unnecessary!

[Gooseman]

The Dumbass that owns the snake!

thats uncalled for. we should be worrying more about how to get the snake help right now then name calling!

[mricyfire]

:eek: That made my eyes water...I don't know what I would do if that happened to my snake.

Hope he gets better!

[sweety314]

One question. Is is crusty or gooey?

Just wondering b/c I'm trying to think of all the possibilities.

With all the open wound, root cause may become secondary (temporarily!) to the much higher risk of infection. It's a lot!! of the snake's length, so the snake is going to need something systemic too (antibiotics).

Been there w/Snoopy. It's tough, scary and concerning.

Gently debride the dead tissue w/the H202 and water like Evan suggested, and keep the snake quiet (so he doesn't keep crawling/stressed and damaging the healthy tissue that's exposed) warm and dry until you can get to a QUALIFIED HERP vet.

[TheAudOne]

It's so sad I cant imagine how bad you have to feel ... it's a learning lesson...if you ever figure out what happend to cause it...again keep us posted and try to ignore the jerks on here that obviously are perfect and have never made mistakes!

[Sausage]

Where's that link that lets you see all the qualified herp vets in your state... that could help this guy out.

[bznj1]

It's so sad I cant imagine how bad you have to feel ... it's a learning lesson...if you ever figure out what happend to cause it...again keep us posted and try to ignore the jerks on here that obviously are perfect and have never made mistakes!

LMAO! Tosha?

[Sausage]

LMAO! Tosha?

Please, stop trolling this thread. We're trying to help this guy with his snake.

[Gooseman]

With all the open wound, root cause may become secondary (temporarily!) to the much higher risk of infection. It's a lot!! of the snake's length, so the snake is going to need something systemic too (antibiotics).

True, in this case your going to need to treat the symptoms directly rather than the underlying cause. However, to treat said symptoms a qualified VET is needed to properly diagnose and treat. We really can only throw out suggestions based on what we know. I feel a place like bp.net is more suitable finding the underlying problem if it is husbandry related (which is most likely the xase), and how to privide primary care until said vet can be found.

EDIT: Just read over my post and it sounds like its calling your advise unhelpful sweety, I just want you to know that is not the case at all.

[crispy505]

I've cleaned everything. He's in his cage on a layer of newspapers. I cleaned the wounds with 25% h2o2. I would've put him in salt but I bet that would hurt like hell and he would bite me. His outer skin is coming off in pieces. The cage was not moist; my gf is dumb. It was just a small spot under his water bowl. The skin is crusty and it's on about half his length.