sequellae for years

[drache]

literally . . .

in 2007 I had a bit of a mite infestation, and subsequently did end up loosing a couple of snakes to what I think were infections ultimately caused by mites and exacerbated by a weakened immune response

most other snakes were fine, except that Whizzy, one of my female parietalis ended up with three blisters from excessive soaking. these blisters dried up and left behind small hard lumps, sort of like calluses. over the years they got smaller, but a couple of months ago two of them started getting bigger again. When I took her to Sean less than a month ago to have a look, one of them had turned into an abscess which was already opening, and Sean managed to squeeze a bunch of pus out. I kept the opening clean and drained, and (I was sure) the swelling was totally gone when she went into shed a couple of days ago. I thought that this was it, she was done and shedding to finish the healing, and I left her alone yesterday. Just one day was all it took to rear it's ugly head again. today she looked just slightly swollen, but when I took her out to clean it, something hemorrhaged and there was a massive amount of blood and pus too. it looked horrible, like her insides were coming out, but I soon realized that some of it was her shed coming off. so I freaked and took her to Sean again, and he helped me clean her up and get her shed off. I think she's okay, but I'll definitely have to stay on top of this. She's a pretty hefty garter and when she is moving a lot it's not always possible for me to see much detail with my crappy eyesight. that's why I keep shlepping her to Sean.
all this because there were mites three years ago

[mustang]

guess sean is "on call" haaha hope your snake gets better try "repti wound heal" its a zoomed product

[guidofatherof5]

Best of luck with her.
Keep us posted.

[drache]

right now I am mostly concerned with keeping it open and clean, so this build-up of pus does not happen again

[guidofatherof5]

right now I am mostly concerned with keeping it open and clean, so this build-up of pus does not happen again

Are you treating the area with anything? Silver sulfadiazine? Betadine?

[drache]

nolvasan - both as a rinse, as well as the ointment

[guidofatherof5]

Sounds good. Hoping for the best.

[drache]

Whizzy died earlier this week
I've been in a funk since
good-bye, you crazy beast - miss you already

[guidofatherof5]

I am so sorry to hear about Whizzy's passing. Beautiful snake. RIP.
Hang in there Rhea.

[Hollis_Steed]

Sorry Rhea for your loss. The snakes really do get under our skin and become a part of us. I'm sure you'll miss her.