wierd shed

[SatanicIntention]

It's fine to use to get actual dirt out of a wound, but any hydrotherapy(squirting water into a wound) will clean that out easily. It's not fine to use in an already healing wound, as it does not discern between dead tissue or live tissue and will kill both.

Personally, soaking in plain saline will keep the area clean and help prevent infection. I just finished treating a friend's dwarf female rat for an abscess on her cheek by just flushing the wound with saline and keeping it open to air.

I've flushed wounds with chlorhexidine and betadine(not at the same time) and they are actually disinfectants and prevent bacterial/fungal growth. Peroxide.. will not.. Though it will get blood out of clothing like nobody's business!

[ivylea77]

Schools in the state that I work in our now NOT allowed to treat with peroxide.

[serpents-prey]

oi ok slow down lemme do this one at a time dr del the appointment is tomorrow and the office is closed for the night
littleindian whatever no peroxide in the house and neosporin is in shortsupply he is getting soaks for about an hour a day in lukewarm water
satanic he is on newspaper the uths are on low so they are probably about 70 degrees F. i know how this happened he shed a few pieces namely where it looks bad the skin got very moist despite me toweling him off, i soak them when their eyes cloud. the next day he looked like that and his eyes clouded and he shed out two days ago, except where it looks bad now the skin is very dry.

[dorado29]

oh wow.. i thought that white patch in the last pic was a glare from the camera flash until i figured it out.. get to a vet asap

[bender29]

You have extremely poor husbandry, which is the main problem. That's obviously much more than a "bad" shed.

You say Neosporin is in short supply, does that mean that you have some? If so, use it!

Stop soaking him everyday. Did you soak him before he shed? If you did, that has the potential to hurt his shed process.

Why are they "PROBABLY" on 70 degrees? That's very cold. I'm assuming that's the warm side, I don't even want to know what the cooler side is. Probably? You have a UTH and no thermometer? That long scale peel is probably a burn.

Your poor snake.

[serpents-prey]

do me a favor, shut up. i don't need some one to come in here a criticize me with out posting a way of remeding the problem. the uths, plural: two, one on each side, are warmer than 70 degrees they keep the tank at an ambiant temp of 70 that is the cold side for the warm side i have a heat lamp aimed at a ceramic hide. the hide can be used as a basking spot and the heat warms the inside of the hide as well. lemme re-iterate the strip of missing scales is not a burn the scales simply dried out too much and peeled off. going to the vet today will post what she says l8r.

[serpents-prey]

ok upon reviewing the weather report for stl i found that i have to reschedule the appointment on account of all the snow

[littleindiangirl]

do me a favor, shut up. i don't need some one to come in here a criticize me with out posting a way of remeding the problem.

He did give some ideas to remedy the problem. Actually, pretty much his whole post was a bunch of suggestions.

You say Neosporin is in short supply, does that mean that you have some? If so, use it!

Stop soaking him everyday. Did you soak him before he shed? If you did, that has the potential to hurt his shed process.

Why are they "PROBABLY" on 70 degrees? That's very cold. I'm assuming that's the warm side, I don't even want to know what the cooler side is. Probably? You have a UTH and no thermometer? That long scale peel is probably a burn.

I think it is very odd that this happened over a bad shed, but we will wait for an answer from the Herp Vet.

[kc261]

I agree with Connie, that post was full of recommendations. Admittedly some of them were more implied than said outright, but they were definitely there.

You have extremely poor husbandry, which is the main problem.

Translation: Fix your husbandry!

That's obviously much more than a "bad" shed.

Translation: Stop assuming this is just a shedding problem, because lots of knowledgable and experienced people are telling you that it isn't. Instead, find out what the real problem is.

You say Neosporin is in short supply, does that mean that you have some? If so, use it!

Translation: Use the neosporin!

Stop soaking him everyday. Did you soak him before he shed? If you did, that has the potential to hurt his shed process.

Translation: Stop soaking him everyday. Don't ever soak him before he sheds, as that can make things worse.

Why are they "PROBABLY" on 70 degrees? That's very cold. I'm assuming that's the warm side, I don't even want to know what the cooler side is.

Translation: 70 degrees is WAY too cold for any part of the enclosure.

Probably? You have a UTH and no thermometer?

Translation: You should know exactly what your temps are. Get a thermometer.

That long scale peel is probably a burn.

Translation: Stop assuming this is just a shedding problem, it looks much worse than just a bad shed.

Your poor snake.

Translation: Your poor snake.

We are all just worried about your snake. Please take the advice that you are being given, and that you asked for. Advice isn't always what you want to hear.

Hopefully you'll be able to get to the vet tomorrow. Please let us know what you find out.

[serpents-prey]

yeah i'm sorry but its getting pretty bad here and the appointment is at 5:00 i am going to reschudule the appointment for next weeks tuesday at 6:00 there is just too much snow coming in we have neosporin but i do not know where it is will triple antibiotic salve work?
and i know this is not a shedding problem but it started with his shed. i have him on newspaper should i put him on paper towels? he has two uths under his tank they both get warm to the touch with out being too hot and one is set lower than the other for exp one is set to low one is set to medium.
is there any thing i can put in to raise humidity? and my collection has mites so could the spray have caused this? could mites have caused this? what is causing this? i need some answers.