SCReptiles
Venomous keeper/breeder
This snake belongs to a friend of mine. Has anyone seen this condition before? Something like a cyst has developed on the pit. Any suggestions for treatment?
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Pit viper cyst
- Thread starter SCReptiles
- Start date
snakegetters
Aunty Venom
Yes. Have similar photos of a copperhead with a cyst in his pit. This animal's cyst was much harder and drier, a very solid structure. Our veterinarian decided that the pit was delicate territory and he didn't want to compromise its functionality by surgical removal of the cyst, so we put the animal on systemic antibiotics and waited. This hard structure basically fell out on its own.
The cyst on your animal appears to be a soft structure. It might be worth probing or opening under anesthesia to determine whether it is an abscess that should be removed or debrieded. A vet would have to make that determination. In the meantime a course of prophylactic antibiotics probably couldn't hurt, even though there is no guarantee that this is a bacterial problem.
The cyst on your animal appears to be a soft structure. It might be worth probing or opening under anesthesia to determine whether it is an abscess that should be removed or debrieded. A vet would have to make that determination. In the meantime a course of prophylactic antibiotics probably couldn't hurt, even though there is no guarantee that this is a bacterial problem.