i own a 2008 born brazlian rainbow boa. tonight, while out on my lap, she crawled below me and into a gap in the structure of my office chair, and did not want to come out. through use of patience, food, and a heat lamp, i got her to try to come out on her own, but noticed while she was coming out that she is cut on her side. the cut runs roughly latitudinal, that is, like a ring around the snake, not a line down the snake. the cut cover about one side of her body. what it looks like is that the patterned skin, or scaled, are torn, and i can see pinkish tissue underneath. the cut is maybe half a centimeter wide, and a centimeter long, maybe bigger, its hard to be a good judge in my state of near panic. what do i do? there was no blood, jsut the exposed pinked tissue. she doesnt appear to be in pain, but i just got her out of the freaking chair piece. she has retreated to her favorite hide box, and im providing normal temp and humidity control trying to find out what to do. any help is greatly appreciated!
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URGENT! CUT SNAKE!
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Christopher,
Keep your snake on paper towels and keep the cage furniture to a minimum (water bowl, couple of hides). Keep the temps and humidity the same, no need to change those (for simplicity sake temps between 70 and 80 will be fine, humidity over 80%). Put a topical antibacterial cream on the wound (neosporin is fine). I'd do this about every other day or so. Your snake will shed more frequently. Feed small prey items, less than the diameter of the body, you don't want it to really stretch out passing down a large food item. Refrain from handling other than applying the neosporin.
Your snake will be fine, they are tough. The scar will fade and eventually be hardly noticeable.
Good luck,
Paul
i own a 2008 born brazlian rainbow boa. tonight, while out on my lap, she crawled below me and into a gap in the structure of my office chair, and did not want to come out. through use of patience, food, and a heat lamp, i got her to try to come out on her own, but noticed while she was coming out that she is cut on her side. the cut runs roughly latitudinal, that is, like a ring around the snake, not a line down the snake. the cut cover about one side of her body. what it looks like is that the patterned skin, or scaled, are torn, and i can see pinkish tissue underneath. the cut is maybe half a centimeter wide, and a centimeter long, maybe bigger, its hard to be a good judge in my state of near panic. what do i do? there was no blood, jsut the exposed pinked tissue. she doesnt appear to be in pain, but i just got her out of the freaking chair piece. she has retreated to her favorite hide box, and im providing normal temp and humidity control trying to find out what to do. any help is greatly appreciated!
I agree with all that Paul said. I'd just like to add that you may want to consider going to the vet. From what you have described, it sounds like the animal will heal. Depending on how bad the cut is, there may be a noticeable scar. With stiches, the amount of scarring may be minimal.
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Mike Lockwood
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