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I just recently found a spot near the neck and head of the snake that the scale/skin is slightly off the snake. At first I thought she was shedding, but the eyes were no where near clouding over. So I figured she might have a tear on a piece of wood or the log in her cage. Which one do you guys think it is? And if you think it's a tear, what do you guys think I should do to fix her? Any help is appreciated. Thank you in advance.

in my experience with a snake wound it is always best to keep it clean and dry...
do not put anything on it now other then like peroxide or something to clean it... do not put any lotion like product that will keep the wound moist, because thie will cause more chance of problems... i just went through this and i tried the neosporin products first and i am alot worse off now...

DRY AND CLEAN...

hope this helps..

shiloh

please clarify...
'clear' snake shed skin was hanging off?
the snake's skin was cut/hanging off? (blood?)
the snakes scale was 'raised', like a bump?

if it is a piece of shed skin, chances are your snake is ready to shed.
when going INTO a shed, they cloudy up, blue eyes, then clear up right before they do shed. chances are there is not enough humidity and he will begin shedding in pieces.
Raise the humidity.. mist/spray it while in this condition.

if different, please clarify..

thanks, Joe
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Thanks and take care - Joe Rollo
'Tis not the stongest of the species that will eventually survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change' Charles Darwin

Well, it seems more like the scales are lifted up, and it's only sometimes. So I don't think it's a tear, or a shed. I just can't tell what it is.