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| Veterinarian Practice & General Health Issues Anything to do with veterinarians, health issues, pathogens, hygiene, or sanitation. |
11-18-2012, 06:58 PM
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Wound turned septic
10 days ago my little super pastel baby managed to squeeze himself out of his tub between the lid and container, but not without damaging his ventral scales.
I have been soaking him in betadine baths and using SSD on the wounds and he has been doing great until last night when I noticed that he has developed the textbook erythema pattern on his scales indicating sepsis. Of course it would happen on Saturday night as opposed to Monday morning, right? I work at a vet hospital but we don't have antibiotics in a concentration suitable for baby herps so off to my reptile vet tomorrow.
Included are pics of the wound as it looked on Saturday night as well as a picture of the scale erythema. It's a pretty good example of what septicemia looks like in a BP unfortunately : (
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11-19-2012, 03:31 PM
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If anyone is interested, the vet appointment went well. 3 weeks of Tazicef injections every 3 days and continue treating topically.
Last night the dead looking scales pictured above all sloughed off. Skip seems more uncomfortable now but the tissue is nice and healthy under there. We decided against pain meds for now as we want to keep him active and eating.
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11-20-2012, 03:53 PM
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Glad it turned out well for you and your snake!
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11-20-2012, 03:56 PM
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Wow, that's a bummer  . I hope he keeps recovering well for you though. Best wishes.
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11-22-2012, 04:39 PM
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So far so good....second injection of abx tonight. He didn't eat last night as scheduled, but I'm not too worried about that. I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't eat until all the injections are done and he heals completely.
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