Hello all,
I recently rescued two Great basin Gopher snakes, a male and female. The male was said to have damage to his hemipenes and the female was a sporatic eater. Initially I could see that the hemipenese were damaged, but not to the extent shown in the photos. Upon bringing the two home I placed them both in the same enclosure until I had another enclosure ready so I can place the female separately. During this time, one of the snakes had bled inside the cage. I had assumed that it was the male. I immediately opened up an emergency space to place the female so that I could keep an eye on her and the male separately. The male had no obvious signs that he had bled, and nor did the female. I felt that I needed to keep an eye on both of them until I found out which one it was.
Today, I opened up the male's enclosure to do his routine checkup and found what you see in the photo. This was not there two days ago which is what definitely confuses me. As a result, the only thing that I can think is that it is a possible abscess. We don't have a reliable herp vet near us. I would like to get an idea about what could possibly be causing this. I have been calling veterinarians but most of them claim to have very little knowledge of reptile treatment. Additionally, I don't trust most typical veterinarians with reptiles.
Can someone be of help?
Thanks,
Chris
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