Emergency Help!!!!!!!

[missi182]

Best of luck! My bp did something similar and climbed his vine before striking at dinner, then inevitably fell quite hard. I was glad he did not hurt himself, but I switched him to a smaller tank shortly after. Of course boas are not as vertically clumbsy, but anyway good thoughts for you and Old Greg!

[frankykeno]

ok so i just called my vet and they said most likely it was when he fell and landed on the dish. im supposed to take all his vines and plants out so he has to stay on the ground tonight. and if it gets bigger by 2maro morning they said i need to bring him in but if it doesnt get bigger then he should be fine

I'm really glad you phoned your vet. In any emergency or health related situation, in the end it's best to rely on a good herp vet who can diagnose, start treatment if need be and have a good hands on check of the snake if required.

[drugaria]

Thank you very much for your help

My pleasure,
Joe

[fishmommy]

wow, that's scary lookin!
not what I had imagined at all from your description.

SO glad you called the vet....hope your snake heals up quick and complete

[eddyhead]

yeah i think everything should be good i just had to get rid of everything he could climb on...of course he did not like that.. be he is now looking like hes starting to digest hes calmed down

[giaach]

Hey I just saw your snake's bump in person... I'm Old Greg!

By the way, Zach you might want to spell Columbus correctly... unless thats some sort of joke.

[Corrupter]

It was probably the fallthat did it, but I just wanted to add that that bump looks alot like a rat bite. One time when one of my BPs coiled around a live rat it didnt have a good grip on the head and coiled around the whole rat so I couldn't do anything about it. After the rat was dead, it had an almost identical bump on it's lower neck with a very tiny red dot in the middle. It went down after a few hours and was completely gone the next day. I just figured its a possibility since you were feeding live and noticed it right after feeding. I'm not trying to say that anyone else is wrong though because I dont know what it definately is, nor do I know what a bump from falling on a water dish would look like as a comparison to a rat bite. It just looked alot like the rat bite on one of my BPs.

[giaach]

Hey corrupter Eddyhead is asleep but i was there for the feeding and i saw the bump in person. There were defiantly a few red dots right in the middle of the bump. The thing that puzzles me is, he grabbed that mouse so fast I cant imagine the mouse having a chance to bite the snake. But the way you describe your snake's injury I put my money on thats what it is.

[eddyhead]

Hey I just saw your snake's bump in person... I'm Old Greg!

By the way, Zach you might want to spell Columbus correctly... unless thats some sort of joke.

haha thanks billy, i didnt realize i spelled it wrong....well its been one night everyone im going to wake him up and check it out and will post the results

[eddyhead]

well the swelling went down and looking at it a little more, it seems to be a bite. He didnt get a good attack on the mouse and had it in a bad position...i will now try everything i can to not feed live from now on. I just got to find a place that sells F/T i dont have any place to put a bulk order from the internet