I am not sure whether or not this fits the "urgent care" description but I may (as usual) just be worried.
Since the last cat "attack" snakems went through, if thats what you could call it (seeing as there wasnt much time for the cat to ACTUALLY attack, as we all know it doesnt take long for something like a cat to injure one of these little guys) she had musked, which obviously was expected. I inspected her immediately after and couldnt see anything wrong with her at all. I was beyond happy for this because I was horribly worried that something had happened again
it smelled pretty gross for a bit because she had musked and I noticed that at the cloaca she was protruding quite a bit (white) (nothing secreting from it or anything but what looks to be pretty much the opening of her at the cloaca.) But this is how she was when I first caught her almost a year ago when she was musking, until she calmed down. It almost looked to me like she had been injured somehow (at the time she was found) but my father assured me that's just how it looks when she's musking, and it did in fact close up within a few minutes and she very rarely musked since, unless she's been super startled somehow. But when she HAS it always has looked like this until she calms down again, so I was thinking that was just because she was so scared from the cat and I wasnt worried.
ANywayyy.... I have noticed that since this has happened it hasnt really closed up.
this has never happened before, and its not that she is continually musking or anything because it doesnt smell. It has always been smooth all the way down her underside even past the cloaca provided that she has not been upset & the slit has been pretty much hidden other than the fact that of course it looks a little different from her other ventral scales which I know is normal. Is there something wrong with her?
I really dont know if anyone know what I am talking about or if anyone's had any experience with anything like this with their snakes. This is the best I can explain it I think. Im not an expert so this is the best I could do lol
Shes moving fine and seems to be ok other than this odd looking area where it seems to never have closed up. I am just a little worried about her and I dont know if it will get infected or something if it doesnt close up and it WAS somehow injured, though there was never any blood or anything visable when I put her back in her tank at the time.
thanks for reading... I know its all over the place! I'd really appreciate any input you think you might have!