i would really apprecieate it if i could just get answers and no critasizm here... i have been chewed up and spit out a few times...



my questions:

as i stated before my snake had a bad experience with at rat to do my carelessness........ anyway i have been treating his wound and all together their is about 10 good sized bite marks... i took him to the vet right after it happened and the vet had me giving him antibiotics 2 every other day (i have stopped doing this) and hydrotherapy 2 times a day... and after the hytrotherapy (washing out the wounds for 15 minutes) i would put on some medacine that is about the same as neosporin... the vet antisipated that he would be almost if not totally healed in 2 weeks... i thought that was a little fast but he did call 4 exotic vets nd they all said the same thing... however the wounds dont seen to be healing... their is so sign on infectionsand the wounds are looking better but they dont seem to be healing... AT ALL... i was wondering if maybe i should stop washing out the wound so much and just do it every other day... i have cleaned his cage and their is no substrate in the bottom so i dont think an infection is likely... i have had snakes most of my life but this is the first time i have had to deal with this problem... out of all of my snakes he was the only snake that i could not transfer over to f/t... and he is about 3 now... since the accident he has been eating prekilled on his own... so i am vary happy for that...

so i am asking if he should be healing faster or if snakes are just slow healers... i have got all the patience in the world... i owe it to my snake to make sure he had a good recovery, but on the same token i dont want to cause further problems...

also when i am baithing him twice a day he seems to be on a regular schedule of deficating every other day during his bath... i would guess it is more or less a reaction to the water, but thats still alot of deficating... they have all been mostly fluid and a few while and black chunks... nothing out of the ordinary...

he seems to be in good health and still loves to be held...



i would perfer hearing from people that have experienced these problems or have heard or the same thing...

the way i was told is that most of the time the rat kills the snake so i dont know how many people know of this happening without killing the snake



here is a pic of the large wound for those that dident see it...



the hole is a little larger then a quarter and a good 1/2"-3/4" deep..

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• i couple questions - shhawke, Wed Mar 30 07:54:40 2005
• RE: i couple questions - ChrisGilbert, Wed Mar 30 08:08:12 2005
• Well....... - 00235020, Wed Mar 30 08:11:43 2005
• RE: Well....... - shhawke, Wed Mar 30 08:21:11 2005
• Well I'm sure a lesson was learned from this..... - lexxxx300, Wed Mar 30 09:56:27 2005
• RE: Well I'm sure a lesson was learned from this..... - shhawke, Wed Mar 30 10:00:58 2005
• My experience - casey31179, Thu Mar 31 07:52:16 2005