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mouth i foud 3 loose teeth and swelling and redness i remothe the teeth that were hanging out. they practically fell out the skin around the teeth was tore..i rinced the area..she is about 8 foot and 35lbs to 40lbs..she does have a lump on her nose but its been there a long time. she did have mouthrot when i got her and was treated by a vet for it..what else should i do for her??? just looking for advice on this..thanks
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wife
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I've had that happen before, with the teeth.
Get a good grip behind her head. Well, you could have someone help you, it's just that I never do. Anyways, dip a Qtip in mouthwash, and dab it on the irritated erea. That will clear it up. Do it once a day, for three days.
I've had to do this countless times. I use Aspen for bedding. When I feed, I place the rat on a peice of newspaper in the cage. Sometimes the Boas will drag the rat around and get some Aspen shavings on the rat. Sometimes when they do this, a chunk of wood will get stuck between cheek and gum, kinda like chew. When that happens, their mouth will get irritated, and I use the above technique to get rid of it. It works every time. Usually, removal of the wood, or teeth (once happend to me) and one application of the mouthwash will take care of it, but once a day for a few days will certainly get rid of it. Sorry for the long winded answer. I'm Irish!
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Jason Dowell

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Things always get cloudy, just before transformation.

the mouthwash I use has no alcohol in it. I use Melaleuca brand mouthwash. It has Tea Tree oil in it as a primary ingredient.
Their products are awesome. Non toxic, and they all work wonderfully with reptiles. I use the cleaning product Tough-n-Tender for cage/water bowl cleaning. All of their products use Tea Tree oil as a base, which is anti fungal, anti bacterial, and non toxic. I strongly believe many cases of illness that appear to be IBD are actually a reaction to toxins. Productcs commonly used with Boas/reptiles are extremely toxic. Bleach and the various Mite control products.
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Jason Dowell

sounddjinn@yahoo.com

Things always get cloudy, just before transformation.

Makes there breath smell great

I am no expert but here are a few ideas....

Ask the vet if the snake might have been rubbing his nose and caused an infection that may have spread to the mouth? Or a respetory infection might have caused mouth rot. The vet may check the trachea(sp) for mucus, which might help determine if repertory infection is an issue in addition to the mouth problem. I think a 3% iodine solution might be better than mouth wash for mouth rot. If the infection is bad enough the vet may recommend something like baytil. maybe .1 cc per pound every other day? Also you might want to raise the hot spot on the cage to about 90 degrees or so.

Just some ideas.. i might be way off. Any other ideas out there

these ideas and see what helps.. thanks again
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wife
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go to your vet and just ask if you can get some chlorhexidine. They might ask you to pay like $5 for it. Its a blue liquid and you mix it 50/50 with water. Just put the diluted chlorohexidine on a q-tip and rub the effected areas like twice-three time a day. chlorohexidine is an antimicrobial and will kill off any bacteria infection that could be going on, and its totally painless (I would imagine that mouthwash would sting like crazy.....its putting alcohol into a deep cut). Also (I swear by the chlorohexidine) it works amazing on mouth rot, cuts, mite, its a great cage cleaner, respritory infections, so far everything. And I've never ever had any adverse affects from it. I'm just a novice though, compared to most people in here. If anyone knows something that I don't please call me on it, cause I'd like to know too =)
You have to get it from a vet, because they use it on mouth injuries in dogs & cats too. I have seen some venders at shows selling it, and at petsmart they had mouth wash for dogs that had chlorohexidine as an ingrediant, but I don't know how the other stuff in it would effect a snake. Wow this is long, sorry!!

p.s. chlorohexidine also works great at helping peircings heal =)
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