I wanted to come back with an update...Originally Posted by littleindiangirl
All signs of the injury are gone, he ate a nice fuzzy on Saturday and he seems to be in the early phases of a shed cycle.
Now, as for what the vet had to say...
I've been doing a lot of reading on this forum and it seems "take him to the vet" is the trump card answer for just about everything. But in some cases it's bad advice. I called a herp vet in the area. Guess what he said? He said don't bother. He said use Neosporin, watch for infection- which would take time crop up anyway- and give it a shed or two. I tried to insist and he simply told me, "we're not going to do emergency snake surgery or anything like that, we're going to see him and tell you what I already told you."
You can't expect every vet to have that sort of integrity so by chiming in on topics which with you have no experience just to say, "TAKE HIM TO A VET," it could be inaccurate and costly advice. I know people here are passionate about their snakes but really, if you have no experience with the topic at hand then don't post just to say "take him to a vet," someone might think you know what you're talking about.
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