snakems
01-29-2009, 08:21 AM
Im going to be posting pictures up of snakems "cat fight" battle scars probably later today, whenever I can get my computer to stop being so slow at some point. She really does seem to be healing so well from what I can tell.
By her actions now you'd never know she was ever bitten, but I am a little worried about the look of some of her scales where they were broken. Especially a few places along her ventral scales. Though they are not swollen anymore (which I see as a very good thing) and theres no leakage of blood or anything else from the wounds and hasnt been since the very first day, its just that they seem to be tinged with yellow or even a light brown color. This might just be the healing process and be what happens when the scales are shedding so that she can be all fresh and new and I know that reptiles heal slowly but in general this worries me, I think because of the color and my associating it with being "dirty". If I look at her underside up close in the daylight I can see a muttled appearance along the broken scales and I'd like to just WIPE it away and clean it, however its not that it actually has anything ON it lol
I have severe ocd & find it mostly comes out in fear of contaminants and things I consider "dirty" :o
I KNOW for a fact it hasnt a THING to do with the condition of her tank, as I keep it the cleanest literally POSSIBLE. and the bottom of her tank is lined with paper towels so I can see any mess AT ALL she makes and promptly clean it. I also change the water twice daily and clean her little den(where she mostly hides) once a day just in case theres an excrement that I wouldnt see inside of that. As far as stressors go, she is still quite active yet not jumpy or shifty so I dont think she's under any stress than she's ever been before. She acts as normal as she always has and I've been cleaning her still once a day with q-tips with iodine. A few minutes afterwards I gently rinse her in warm water only because I get the feeling iodine probably isnt something she should really come into much contact with in its concentrated form and Im scared to let it dry on her. :confused: Yet I dont want to risk infection, so Im scared not to use it. I cant wait to hear what you guys think of what this looks like. It might sound silly but I feel so much better getting another's opinion, especially those who may be more educated on the subject than myself.
once again thanks for listening :)
By her actions now you'd never know she was ever bitten, but I am a little worried about the look of some of her scales where they were broken. Especially a few places along her ventral scales. Though they are not swollen anymore (which I see as a very good thing) and theres no leakage of blood or anything else from the wounds and hasnt been since the very first day, its just that they seem to be tinged with yellow or even a light brown color. This might just be the healing process and be what happens when the scales are shedding so that she can be all fresh and new and I know that reptiles heal slowly but in general this worries me, I think because of the color and my associating it with being "dirty". If I look at her underside up close in the daylight I can see a muttled appearance along the broken scales and I'd like to just WIPE it away and clean it, however its not that it actually has anything ON it lol
I have severe ocd & find it mostly comes out in fear of contaminants and things I consider "dirty" :o
I KNOW for a fact it hasnt a THING to do with the condition of her tank, as I keep it the cleanest literally POSSIBLE. and the bottom of her tank is lined with paper towels so I can see any mess AT ALL she makes and promptly clean it. I also change the water twice daily and clean her little den(where she mostly hides) once a day just in case theres an excrement that I wouldnt see inside of that. As far as stressors go, she is still quite active yet not jumpy or shifty so I dont think she's under any stress than she's ever been before. She acts as normal as she always has and I've been cleaning her still once a day with q-tips with iodine. A few minutes afterwards I gently rinse her in warm water only because I get the feeling iodine probably isnt something she should really come into much contact with in its concentrated form and Im scared to let it dry on her. :confused: Yet I dont want to risk infection, so Im scared not to use it. I cant wait to hear what you guys think of what this looks like. It might sound silly but I feel so much better getting another's opinion, especially those who may be more educated on the subject than myself.
once again thanks for listening :)