Hi,



Thank you for your advice; I'm pretty sure from what you say that she may have scale rot or some other topical infection, though I couldn't be sure without seeing a photograph of an example. I thought of burns when I first saw the discolorations, but I have seen burns before and this didn't look like burns. Also, the lighting he is using is a heat lamp, not a rock or other contact heater.



The cage that the Burm was in seemed clean, so I fear that the infection, like the lower respiratory illness, may have simply come with the snake. I'm going to advise my friend again to take the animal to a vet, but again, his fear is that moving her the distance he would need to get her to the herp. vet would be too traumatic for her in her condition.



I'll tell him what was said about the possibility of a topical infection. He may be able to get her some medicine without going to a vet.



Thank you again for your help,
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A. Fox

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• Bruises on a Sick Burm - Blue_Fox, Fri Oct 31 11:31:09 2003
• RE: Bruises on a Sick Burm - Larry D. Fishel, Fri Oct 31 12:41:10 2003
• RE: Bruises on a Sick Burm - jfmoore, Fri Oct 31 13:44:21 2003
• RE: Bruises on a Sick Burm - Blue_Fox, Sat Nov 1 10:43:18 2003