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[drache]

if there is no swelling or seepage, I wouldn't be concerned
it sounds like you are taking great care
I don't worry as much about using an ointment on a snake as I would on a mammal, because snakes don't lick themselves, and the only time they would pick up something from their surroundings, is if it's stuck to their food
don't remember why, but I never use anything alcohol based on them
instead I use hydrogen peroxide or chlor hexidine (nolvasan) for wound cleaning
given that she is recovering from an injury, you can expect her to shed some time soon

[snakems]

if there is no swelling or seepage, I wouldn't be concerned
it sounds like you are taking great care
I don't worry as much about using an ointment on a snake as I would on a mammal, because snakes don't lick themselves, and the only time they would pick up something from their surroundings, is if it's stuck to their food
don't remember why, but I never use anything alcohol based on them
instead I use hydrogen peroxide or chlor hexidine (nolvasan) for wound cleaning
given that she is recovering from an injury, you can expect her to shed some time soon

thanks for your input!
I've always loved snakes my whole life and had many an encounter with snakes of all kinds in the wild, but this whole pet snake thing is new to me. I want to be sure to take good care of her until i release her in the spring.
I get the feeling she is old, because of the scars she had when I found her and the wearing of her scales, but other than those things she has always seemed very healthy, with a good appetite and quite active, so the marks ive always credited to her possibly being elderly lol ... either that or she was very unlucky in the wild with encountering predators and lived to tell about the incidents.