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This girl "nosed" her way out of a sliding glass enclosure(problem now fixed..lesson learned!). She immediately developed a hard bump in between her eyes. She recently shed, and has had the bump for around two weeks with no change (better or worse). Does anyone have an idea to what this is? I have a fabulous exotic vet in my area, but being that she may be gravid, I would like to avoid stressing her heavily at the moment!

Note: she has water droplets on her head as well...the bump is rather close to her right eye!


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Amy
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My male hog island had a similar bump a few years ago, though his was a little more towards his nose. What happened was that he got a splinter of bedding stuck in his skin - a very small one at that, and pus developed around it.

The vet gave the snake some local anesthesia, lanced the area, and scraped out the hard pus. He looked at it and said it wasn't infected. The problem with snakes is that if they develop pus, it's not liquid like in mammals, it's a harder substance. Once it develops, the body doesn't easily absorb and get rid of it again. The boa is fine now, though he has a little scartissue bump in the same area, unfortunately.

So, your snake might have had a small wound, and the tissue underneath might have done the same thing as in my boa. A trip to the vet may be in order - but if it's not changing in size and not leaking anything, perhaps it can wait until the boa delivers, not sure.
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Lauren Madar - OphidiaGems.com
1.0 Ball Python, 1.0 Hog Island Boa (RIP DeeDee), 1.1 Hypo BCI, 1.1 Surinam BCC, 0.1 Green Tree Python

Hmm.. but the bump being so near the eye is a bit worrying - I would call your vet and ask what he/she suggests, taking into consideration that the snake might be gravid.
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Lauren Madar - OphidiaGems.com
1.0 Ball Python, 1.0 Hog Island Boa (RIP DeeDee), 1.1 Hypo BCI, 1.1 Surinam BCC, 0.1 Green Tree Python

Thanks,
Very interesting, and I agree that the location is what worries me the most.
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Thanks,
Amy
www.myboids.4t.com
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1.14 Normal ball pythons
1.0 Pastel ball pythons
0.0.1 Sinaloan Milk Snake
0.0.1 Plains Garter
0.1 Normal Kenyan Sand Boa
2.0 Anery Kenyan Sand Boa
1.0 Mid-Baja Rosy Boa
0.1 Leucistic Texas Rat
1.2 Dumeril's Boa
1.2 BCI
That's Just The Snakes!