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hades-raptor
at Sun Aug 24 21:34:55 2003 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by hades-raptor ]
I dont know how it happened. All I know is that it had to have happened in the past two days since two days ago I had him out and nothing was wrong with Tenchi my male burmese python.
I had him out for a bath, since he's deep in the middle of his shed. He suddenly became extremely pissed off, latched onto my arm. Five min. later I got him off. No fun, being bit by a 10ft burmese python. He acted normal after that, thought nothing of it, and continued to bring him upstairs for his bath. Again, he suddenly gets very angry, hisses, wiggling, trying to get out of my grasp and tries to bite. Thats when I find blood on my hands, that isnt mine. One of my sisters tries to hold Tenchi down while I inspect him.
I discovered that towards the end of his tail, just before his vent.. there are about five/six belly scales that have pretty much been ripped off. They are still attatched to him.. but barely. I touched them, trying to get a better look, he hisses louder. They were bleeding just a little, and there is a little bit of dried blood around them. I dont really know how to explain how they look...
Im wondering.. what can I do to help these heal, will these heal? I dont know how it happened. His cage hasnt changed in.. well over a year at least. He was out a few days ago, and this wasnt there. I dont think I did it to him today when I was getting him out of his cage, he didnt grab onto anything or hit anything that would cause his scales to be pulled like that.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. I will try and have pictures tomorrow. I didnt want to bother him anymore tonight so I just put him back into his cage. My sister and I were having a hell of a time trying to hold him still.
Thank you!
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Randilyn -;,-
Desolate Gray: Reptiles
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 Belly Scales half-off.... Help? - hades-raptor, Sun Aug 24 21:34:55 2003
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