Mold on my snake...?

[kibakiba]

A few days ago my mom ran over a garter snake with the lawnmower, it survives and wasn't seriously injured. She has a small kink in her neck, though she seems to be okay. When my mom brought her to me she didn't move much and had some scales sticking up, along with the kink in her neck. I decided to keep her for a while and see if she'd be okay, she's been doing fine... Except today I've found that there is something that looks like mold growing on her spiked up scales. She's been drinking a lot of the water in the dish and she sat in the water on a hot day. other than that I don't think there's any humidity in there and she basks in the light I have over the tank. There's 2 other snakes in the tank with her... They leave her alone, except the female I have, she seems to keep my male away from her. My female will stay near her a lot of the day and she puffs up when my male comes near. The male stays away from both of them. Anyways, is there anything to help with the mold problem? I'll try to take a picture of it, but I don't know if it'll show. What else could it be?

Thanks for any information you can give me.

[Selkielass]

Bumping for attention.
I have no Idea what is going on, but I'm pretty sure a picture would help the resident experts.

[drache]

what's the "mold" like? is it sticky, dry, slimy, etc?
could it be signs of an impending shed?
if the snake has a kinked neck, how do you know it's fine?
where are the other snakes from?
there are a few other things I'm curious about, but I don't want to bombard you with questions
welcome to the forum

[guidofatherof5]

If your snake was hit by a lawn mower is there any chance that "mold" could be grass debris from the blades?

[kibakiba]

It's white and it's growing under the scales, I haven't touched it because most of it is by her head and I don't want to hurt her. And I think she's fine because she's pretty active, she acts like my other garters with the exception of her moving backwards sometimes and sitting under the lamp longer. I'll try to get a picture later today, she's in a hiding area and I don't want to hurt her by pulling her out.

[mustang]

wow the blades of mercy!

[ConcinnusMan]

Snakes can in fact get fungal infections of the skin, like people do. As to whether or not yours has a fungal infection, we have nothing to go by to determine that. If it were possible for you to look at a sample, or the snake itself, under a microscope you would be able to say yes or no.

[kibakiba]

I'm debating putting antibacterial ointment (like polysporin) on her or letting her go, I've separated her from my other snakes because my mom made a good point that since I don't know what it is, I wouldn't want it spreading to the snakes that I adore the most. I cant afford a vet to check her out. I'll attach a couple pictures that i got of her... If I can. I don't do so well on forums
She's been more active since she came out of her hiding area and the kink in her neck isn't as bad as it had originally looked, depending on how shes laying, you cant even see it. What's sad is, when i was picking her up I noticed a little watery substance around one of her scales that was upturned and had the mold substance on them. I was hoping that she might shed a couple days after I kept her, but there's no sign of that happening, so I'm losing hope. Anyways if any of you can see the pictures clearly enough, maybe you can help me identify what it is or something.

Thanks

[ConcinnusMan]

I can't tell anything from that photo except that it looks like a pretty handsome T. ordinoides. I've seen captive ordinoides develop blister disease overnight, caused by poor husbandry though. T. ordinoides do seem very prone to skin infections, especially if they get injured. Could also be water trapped beneath old skin, due to failure to shed. Sometimes the skin breaks and a little water comes out. It is possible I suppose for a fungus to grow between the old skin and the new, especially if water is trapped there. It wouldn't hurt one bit to let that snake get some UV exposure from natural sunlight or UVB emitting bulbs. Fungus and bacteria tend to not do so well with UV exposure.

Seems like you might have female there. Very similar to this one currently in my care:

[kibakiba]

I'll try that. I have a UVB lamp in my snakes tank. I'm not sure whether I should put her in the tanke with my other snakes though, the white spots have gotten larger and slightly grey in the middle. I can stick her outside in a container for a bit since it's still sunny and warm. I'll check back later to see what you guys think about keeping her in the tank with my other snakes, because I don't know much about fungal problems, or any reptile problems really. I only know about scale rote because my first snake had it pretty badly. Should I try feeding her now or wait until she looks better? I tried feeding her the day after my mom gave her to me but she seemed too weak to take it, but as I said she's been moving more and being a lot more active. Thank you for the information and I'm sorry my pictures aren't more clear, I don't have a macro setting on it unfortunately.