Orange man radix

[guidofatherof5]

Tonight(Friday) I took Tang out for some calming down time. He's still pretty scared and jumpy. I used my usual lines on him about how I wasn't going to bite his head off and suck his guts out. How life was going to be good. Food, shelter, warmth and of course for him, the ladies. I was feeling good as he start to calm down and actually look at me while I spoke. He was now sitting perfectly still and listining(feeling) to every word. As I got ready to put him away I slowly moved him into his enclosure. I carefully set him down and thought to myself, "I'm good"
It was then I noticed the big pile of poop on my pants. I looked back at Tang and I could tell what he was thinking "I'm good"
Punk radix. Nothing but a punk radix.

[count dewclaw]

He was just letting you know how relaxed he was sitting there with you.

[guidofatherof5]

He was just letting you know how relaxed he was sitting there with you.

You always take their side of things. He's a punk and I know it. I'll see how he feels about me serving pinkies to the enclosure next to him. I'll wave the last pinky in front of him outside the glass and then feed it to one of the other snakes, with me laughing all the way.
He won't want to mess(HaHa) with me again.

[guidofatherof5]

About a week of healing time and the little guy is doing very well. He is still very jumpy but that will pass.

[brain]

Great ... he's looking much beter as time goes on.

[Didymus20X6]

He's looking much better. I have heard that reptiles can heal pretty quickly. How long do you think a wound like that will take to fully recover?

[brain]

On us! Like months I would guess. But I guess in the wild if you can heal fast you would be lunch for someone, right?

[guidofatherof5]

He's looking much better. I have heard that reptiles can heal pretty quickly. How long do you think a wound like that will take to fully recover?

I think it will be at least 3 shed cycles before it has scared over completely. I will have to watch the sheds for at least that long. I just applied some more cream and it must have been tender. He jumped when I touched that area. I'm not too concerned since there is no discharge from the wound and no bad smells. Yes, I have been smelling the wound. Looks only can be deceiving.

[guidofatherof5]

When I woke up and did my morning checks I saw a fresh shed in Tang's enclosure. I was surprized to find it in one piece. During the night he soaked and shed. The stitches are gone and the wound has opened up some. I will make a call to the Vet. but I doubt if they will want to put more sutures in. His orange dorsal is even nicer, now. I tried to switch him over to pinkies but he won't be fooled. So he ate a couple crawlers this morning.

[prattypus]

I still shudder thinking about that one. What a trooper. Even though it opened a bit, it looks like it's evening out- does that make sense?