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ShadyLady
at Thu Sep 22 19:37:37 2011 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by ShadyLady ]
Sounds like some sort of bacterial infection. Has the snake been sitting against its heat supply? Maybe the heat is too hot? Contitions too moist? Or possibly both. My corns are on aspen shavings with no heat this time of year. Heat should be under only a small area of the cage and no higher than 80 degrees.
Keep it dry. Rinse the area twice a day with a very diluted iodine solution (weak tea color) or diluted Novalsun Scrub (sky blue color). Pat it dry and put a very very small amount of anitbiotic ointment on the area for a few days. Keep up the rinsing and drying until the snake goes into shed. It should heal up and all shed off, or it may need more than one shed to heal. Keep it dry and clean.
Also, make sure it doesn't have snake mites that are causing it to rub.
Good luck and keep us posted on how it is doing.
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Amy Claiborne
Don't let them take your wasted time. J.T.
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- Help!!! - reptilemansions, Wed Sep 21 21:11:37 2011
- RE: Help!!! - reptilemansions, Wed Sep 21 21:15:03 2011
- RE: Help!!! - tspuckler, Thu Sep 22 12:26:57 2011
- RE: Help!!! - ReptileMansions, Thu Sep 22 13:35:41 2011
 RE: Help!!! - ShadyLady, Thu Sep 22 19:37:37 2011
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