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HazAnga
10-27-2010, 05:59 PM
my female Tina I have noticed has got a spot under her chin that is kinda brownish where the scales meet. one of the scales on her under body by her chin is almost slightly protruding outward. I took a couple pix, best i could with two hands (too bad we couldn't grow an extra one)
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/HazAnga/Checkereds/IMAG0134.jpg
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/HazAnga/Checkereds/IMAG0133.jpg
please let me know if it's serious or anything to be worried about etc...

Thanks, Nick
guidofatherof5
10-27-2010, 06:20 PM
Check for a retained belly scale from shedding.
I have a het. albino checkered with the same looking thing.
I'm treating with Silver Sulfadiazine. You can also use triple antibiotic ointment.
Something to keep an eye on or have a Vet. check out.
HazAnga
10-27-2010, 07:45 PM
I don't see any retained belly scale.
a vet visit it way out of my budget unfortunatly.
what exactly is Silver Sulfadiazine and how is it aquired if it is needed?
kibakiba
10-27-2010, 08:39 PM
We got it from a doctor around here, it was used to treat my nephews skin problem. Amazon has it also for 11 USD, I don't know if it's the kind you can use on snakes but it looks like the same container we had got for my niece :)

Amazon.com: Thermazene 1% Silver Sulfadiazine Cream 50 grams, Each: Health & Personal Care: Reviews, Prices & more (http://www.amazon.com/Thermazene-Silver-Sulfadiazine-Cream-grams/dp/B0008KLQNM)
guidofatherof5
10-27-2010, 08:56 PM
My Vet. gave me a prescription for it. I filled it at Sam's Club. $4.00
zooplan
10-28-2010, 12:04 AM
You may also try to give him regular baths with PVP-Iodine in water for a while.

! The snake will become yellowish, but itīs only a coloring of the skin, thatīll be gone with the next shed !
HazAnga
10-28-2010, 04:50 AM
Will the pvp-iodine hurt her if that's not what is wrong? And is that just available at the drug store.
Stefan-A
10-28-2010, 05:00 AM
Is it possible that the snake has gotten its head stuck somewhere at some point?
zooplan
10-28-2010, 05:01 AM
It should be avaliable in a drugstore or pharmacy.
I use one spoon in a pint of warm water sometimes also precautionary.
HazAnga
10-28-2010, 06:42 PM
She could have gotten her head stuck, but it wouldn't of been anything heavy at all. the hide has enough cypress mulch under it that they can slither under neath without any problems. She loves to burrow though, mostly being under the mulch.
HazAnga
10-28-2010, 06:45 PM
and good news. i just looked at her now, and it doesn't look half as bad as it did yesterday. which is good.
guidofatherof5
10-28-2010, 06:52 PM
Good news.
Mommy2many
10-29-2010, 06:13 PM
Ditto.
ConcinusMan
11-05-2010, 01:53 PM
I kinda looks like she might have went in reverse (pulled her head backwards) during her burrowing and damaged the scales that way. Is there any sort of material wedged in there?

At any rate, it doesn't look too serious. At least not at this time.
HazAnga
11-05-2010, 02:30 PM
Well it hasn't really changed much since, here's a pic from today that i took (highlighted part is problem part)
http://i1112.photobucket.com/albums/k491/HazAnga/Checkereds/IMAG0138.jpg
Can damage that that happen from reversing. And will that go away after her next shed. I've stopped feeding them (mind you only the one female has been eating lately) to git them ready to brumate. I'm hopefully going to be moving as of December 1st, well gitting the keys to my own place then, moving wouldn't be till the following weekend. and then I'm going to figure out what I'm going to do about brumating them.
But ConcinnusMan if you think that it's not serious and that it's just from reversing then I won't be worried as much.
Thanks all
HazAnga
11-05-2010, 02:41 PM
Is there any sort of material wedged in there?

There doesn't seem to be anything but maybe a tiny bit of dirt, it doesn't pain her to touch it or anything.
ConcinusMan
11-05-2010, 04:43 PM
Either way, a little iodine swab and/or antibiotic ointment for a while can't hurt.
HazAnga
11-05-2010, 04:46 PM
ok sounds good I will try that this week, and to keep her in a separate container for a short bit after i swab her is ok. just so that it doesn't just wipe off or something.
HazAnga
11-15-2010, 05:01 PM
well she is in blue stage of shedding, so by the end of the week she should have shed and we'll find out about the questioned area.
HazAnga
11-20-2010, 11:42 AM
ok well here's the last update, she has shed and the questioned area has washed away with her old skin :)
guidofatherof5
11-20-2010, 12:01 PM
That is good news, Nick.
ConcinusMan
12-05-2010, 08:59 PM
You know, I didn't notice it before but now I know you were using gardening variety cyprus mulch. I know you've changed it now but cyprus mulch is essentially a bunch of stiff spintery material that is not absorbent or clean at all. This is no doubt how this happened.
HazAnga
12-05-2010, 09:12 PM
Yes you could be right, more than likely.
ConcinusMan
12-06-2010, 02:42 AM
Like I was saying before, he probably just dug in, and backed out. That probably caused one of those substrate splinters to get jammed under the scale. I'm glad that it turned out OK and there is no serious injury.
HazAnga
12-06-2010, 03:02 PM
yes nothing serious, and it looked like dirt... not a splinter...