Hello,
I was taking care of my snake this weekend and saw that he had some problem with his nose. I'm not quite sure what is wrong with it.. but my gut instinct tells me something bad.
Thanks for any insight or help.
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What's wrong with him?
PsyTech
Nov 15, 2010 09:54 AM
Replies (4)
PsyTech
Nov 15, 2010 09:56 AM
Sorry.. image didn't seem to come through
KaiYudSai
Nov 15, 2010 12:32 PM
Looks like a bad abcess.... I would get it to a vet
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Marc Duhon
Lafayette, Louisiana
SURINAMBOAS.COM
kaiyudsai@SURINAMBOAS.COM
PsyTech
Nov 15, 2010 02:00 PM
What can cause this? I usually wear medical latex gloves when touching him, and feed him frozen thawed rats. I've only had him like a month or so.
I do notice he snaps against the glass doors to his enclosure.. did he break something when he did that?
kaiyudsai
Nov 15, 2010 08:29 PM
Possibly.... it could be because of a fractured tooth or a tooth infection.... it could be from trauma associated with striking the glass..... snakes dont get liquid abcesses like we do... It is usually a firm cheesy like substance... so you can't really lance it and drain....
I had a retic with a large abcess in her mouth, and I had to pull one of her teeth and pull oall of the cheesy stuff out with forceps... But I had to borrow some isoflourane gas to do it...I dont suggest trying to pull a 13 foot retics tooth without anaesthesia..LOL
Most of these things can slowly heal on their own.....but if it starts preventing them from eating then you have a problem,,,,
I still would suggest having it looked at
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Marc Duhon
Lafayette, Louisiana
SURINAMBOAS.COM
kaiyudsai@SURINAMBOAS.COM
