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Q: Please Help, i dont know what this is, Burn, Scale Rot?
Posted By:

Spyderco

In Relation To:

Annabel

Please help, I pulled Annabel out after she had a perfect shed and i found that her belly towards her tail is really pink. Please let me know what it is and what i can do to help her, she does not seam to be in any pain at all from it. I can touch it and press on it and it does not bother her...


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Points: 150
Topics: Skin
Tags: Belly, Burn
Species: Boas > Large Boas > Boa constrictor imperator
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Assisted Answer 4/22/2012 7:41:33 PM

SuicideAnomaly

Do you have her UTH on a thermostat/dimmer? Was she soaking a lot during the shedding process? I would say that it looks closer to a burn than scale rot.

 
Accepted Answer 4/22/2012 7:46:54 PM

SuicideAnomaly

I would recommend cleaning out the enclosure, and removing the substrate (replacing it with paper towel). You can apply Polysporin thinly around the affected areas, but just make sure that the stuff you use does NOT have pain relief. Keep a close eye on it. From there I would recommend daily soaks in a Betadine/water solution. The biggest thing is to keep it clean.

 
Assisted Answer 4/22/2012 8:56:20 PM

Doomtrooper

I agree  It look's like a burn  clean the cage  and use  an antibiotic ointment  without pain killer in it   and  make sure  your heat pad is not  cooking the snake '

 
Assisted Answer 4/23/2012 12:35:55 PM

xanaxez

Looks to me like a burn. i had one actually get burned about 3 years ago when  a thermostat failed and it looked like that except a little worse. i would assume a heat mat of some sort done it. most comon burns like that are either from a uth or a regular house used heating pad for aches that some people try and use.

 
Assisted Answer 4/23/2012 3:54:18 PM

Aimee

please do not use ointment as petroleum products are bad for herps - if you don't have Silvadene, use a neosporin-type CREAM.

 
Assisted Answer 4/23/2012 6:41:22 PM

LGray23

Looks like a burn, agreed do NOT use ointment or jelly on that. Get a thermostat, you can't possibly be using one if you have a burn that bad.

 
Assisted Answer 4/24/2012 1:26:26 AM

ShangXiang

well the general consensus is a burn, and I'd have to agree.  I would recommend taking her to a herp vet just to be on the safe side, they may want to prescribe an antibiotic to help prevent an infection.  http://www.herpvetconnection.com/.  Check your thermostat, the thermostat's probe, and maybe try to get a temp-gun reading.  Also, you may want to increase how often you are cleaning the enclosure, at least until she's good and healed.

 
Author Comment 4/24/2012 8:48:34 PM

Spyderco

Thanks Everyone, I cleaned out her cage, started soaking her in betadine/water solution and put some neosporin on her very lighty, I also unpluged the UTH that I have on her cage and am going to look into a thermostat, anyone have any sugestions on a thermostat?

Thanks

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