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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update:
i was a little more panicked than i should have been, sorry if i caused undue alarm. but, took her to the local 24/7 animal hospital, and though the cut pierced her scales, it did not pierce the subcutaneous tissue, so shes been given a topical antibiotic and an antibiotic injection, tomorrow first thing when the reptile experts get in they will talk about attempting to rejoin the scales. she should be fine. phew! didn't need that, but glad she'll be okay with a little extra attention.
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1.0.0 WC SD Gopher Snake, Max
1.0.0 CB Albino Banded Cal King, Manny
0.1.0 CB BRB, Mucalinda
sorry i was out of town for your message, im glad you went to the vet, the other thing to help her heal would be to keep her on paper while she heals, will keep the wound cleaner
i always warn people about letting snakes get to freee, you learned a good lession whithout to much trauma, glad it all worked out (as far as it sounds)
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