BP seriously burned.

[Halgeir]

Hey guys and girls.

First I just want to state that this is NOT my snake.

I was browsing a different reptileforum where I found a thread about a snake that got seriously burned on the heat-lamp. This picture really shows how important to keep the lamp away from the snake so it can't burn itself.
I do not know how the snake is doing at this moment, though I'm pretty sure the owner took it to the vet.

Personally I didn't know that snakes could damage themselfs this much without moving away from the heatsource, but I do now.

http://www.reptilweb.no/components/c...c01086_211.jpg

[rabernet]

Wow, that's just awful! I hope that the snake gets proper care and recovers! They do seem to be very resiliant when given immediate care though.

[Freakie_frog]

Oh Holy crap..That is by far the worst burn I have ever seen. Snakes normally will move away from pain. But a wound like that could be achieved instantly from a real hot light. Add in infection and poor care and bingo very sad looking gruesome wound.

[littleindiangirl]

It looks to me like its healing, but that is by far one of the worst burns I have ever seen. Wow.

[PythonWallace]

It looks like that's a belly burn. I'm guessing the owner had a heat pad under a majority or all of the tank without a thermostat or rheostat. Like you said, leave it in a dirty cage for a couple of weeks to get infected and that picture is what you end up with. That's horrible.

[Halgeir]

My first thought when I saw this picture was that it must have been horrible for the snake. If you ever end up in a situation like this, when it's that bad, is there a chance that it could live without experiencing too much pain?

[Holbeird]

Wow, that's horrible, just another example of someone not taking proper care of their animals and the poor animal pay the price.

[bjfoste1]

wow how could you even let your snake get like that in the first place.

[rabernet]

My first thought when I saw this picture was that it must have been horrible for the snake. If you ever end up in a situation like this, when it's that bad, is there a chance that it could live without experiencing too much pain?

They do remarkably well and heal amazingly (when properly treated).

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[juddb]

Oh my lord that is horrible.... I have never seen anything like that.