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    T. radix Ranch guidofatherof5's Avatar
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    Head injury(radix)

    While out on the front deck, I saw my next door neighbor cleaning up along his privacy fence. A few moments later he yelled and asked if I wanted a snake. Gabby ran by me like a shot and retrieved this female. My neighbor said he dropped a board on it and it might be injured(not done on purpose, he's a good guy) She seemed fine but has sustained an injury to the top of her head(parietal scales) She'll be kept under close observation over the next few days to make sure she's not going to have any complications. She's moving fine and doing a lot of tongue flicking. Poor girl. I'll feel much better when I see her eating and drinking and keeping it all down.
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Hope she will be ok.

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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    3.5 hours later she appears to be doing fine.
    Good muscle control, movement and tongue flicking.
    Pupils are equal and reactive.
    Time will tell but so far she's acting normal.
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Oh wow... that looks awful, I hope the garter turns out good. Looks kind of similar to an injury that an adopted ball python I have had on the front of his head from rubbing in a too small enclosure. He healed up good after a few sheds in a shiny new 40 gal tank.

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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Fingers crossed for her.
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    if she's acting fine, it's probably not a concussion
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    She's quite the survivor!
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Hard to tell from the pic but could this be an old injury? maybe the board dropping and the apparent injury are not related. I would think that a smash or blow to the head would often not be apparent right away, often no damage on the surface. It's hard to injure scales on the head, by smashing or blows without killing it. Generally speaking, those scales are tougher than the actual skull.

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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Quote Originally Posted by ConcinnusMan View Post
    Hard to tell from the pic but could this be an old injury? maybe the board dropping and the apparent injury are not related. I would think that a smash or blow to the head would often not be apparent right away, often no damage on the surface. It's hard to injure scales on the head, by smashing or blows without killing it. Generally speaking, those scales are tougher than the actual skull.
    Not an old injury.
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    Re: Head injury(radix)

    Still doing OK I take it? If so, she'll probably heal up just fine.

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