How to treat snake wounds?

I found all this on a site hope it helps i think your snake might have been rubbing against some thing

With any wounds, it is best to consult a herp veterinarian for specifics. But, good first aid care can and should be employed whenever a herp suffers from an injury involving the skin and possibly the underlying tissues.

If possible, wounds should be washed with copious amounts of warm, soapy water, using an antibacterial soap. If the wound is very deep or is around the face or eyes, it is better to have a professional perform the cleaning. Next, clean the wound with dilute povidone iodine solution, diluted to iced-tea color, flushing the wound several times, and then rinsing well with clean water. For superficial wounds, apply a light layer of antibiotic ointment and leave uncovered. It is difficult to apply a bandage to reptile skin without causing additional trauma. After a bite, keep the wound clean until it has healed.

After a wound has healed, it may result in dysecdysis (difficulty shedding) when it comes time for the next shed. With each successive shed, the scar should become less and less visible; however, some evidence of a wound may remain for quite some time or forever, depending on the severity of the injury.

If a wound is severe, if you can see bone or internal organs or if it is a large, gaping wound, you should take your injured animal to the vet for assistance. Large bite wounds should not be sutured usually, as bites are usually infected and should be treated as open wounds.

At any time, if you feel that the injury is not healing properly, if the animal goes off feed, or if you notice any changes that concern you, please contact your herp vet immediately so that it can be properly evaluated and treated.

Margaret A. Wissman, DVM, DABVP has been an avian/exotic/herp animal veterinarian since 1981. She is a regular contributor to REPTILES magazine.

Need a Herp Vet?

If you are looking for a herp-knowledgeable veterinarian in your area, a good place to start is by checking the list of members on the Association of Reptilian and Amphibian Veterinarian (ARAV) web site at www.arav.com. Look for DVMs who appear to maintain actual veterinary offices that you could contact

Yeah, live rodents can and do bite their predators (who wouldn't for a means of defending ones life!) but if you say that your foodstuffs are dead and frozen, then of course it cannot be the cause of your snakes scale loss. It is also unlikely to be due to the logs in your vivarium (unless they are man-made) in which case you should run your fingers ALL OVER these to check for anything sharp.

The substrate within your snakes enclosure is perhaps the more probable cause? Sand, grit and ANYthing of the same, can lodge beneath a reptiles scales to a detrimental effect and if left without attention will cause bacterial infection which will need surgery for your snake (no joke!)

PLEASE do not peroxide ANY part of your snakes infection. Leave this to your vet, if indeed peroxide is required. Hey, your VET is your snakes best friend (over and above YOU!) is it is infectd by scale loos and so do yourselves BOTH a favour. Go see your vet. It is not embarrassing and it sounds to ME as being your best bet, for YOU AND YOUR CORN!

Ball Pythons do not normally eat during the winter because they hibernate, and some times if they do eat and it gets really cold it can kill them. The wound will heal but it will take a few years to heal because they only heal a little bit every time they shed.

I personally have 4 Ball pythons. My two big Ball pythons are atleast 6 foot long, and about as big as they get. I also have a male who are generally smaller, and a younger female.

Sounds like scale rot. Scale rot is caused by owners (like you) who have to high humidity, don't spot check their enclosures and only have a pet store knowledge. I'm not trying to be mean but I can guarantee that you clean the enclosure about once a week or less. I can also guarantee that the pet store employees told you to do that. I always recommend that you always do research at home. Pet stores tell you to clean once a week, and that you need to mist a lot. Pet stores tell you this because they want to sell the animal A.S.A.P. Take your animal to the vet. Scale rot also known as necrotising dermatis is highly contagious to all reptiles Its a matter of life or death for your snake

ok, the dumb fool that responded your question is erroneous. All snakes have fangs. actual, i have were given been bitten through a 5 foot Brazilian Rainbow Boa. it would not extremely harm, and cleansing cleansing soap and water works purely surprising. Snakes mouths, subsequently of fact of what they eat, are very dirty. purely make powerful in case you do get bitten to maintain it sparkling. And GARTER snakes are literally no longer venomous. in the journey that they have got been, you need to be ineffective if it bit you, and also you're able to desire a license to maintain one. and actual, you're able to do a sprint analysis in the previous bringing residing residing house ANY animal....you're able to have time-venerated the basics.

Just clean it with warm water and a rag and put antibiotic ointment on it, it should be fine. One of my balls was attacked by a mouse when she was with her previous owner and thats how I treated it.Feel free to contact a vet if you want though.

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