Burn Help

[notechistiger]

I'm currently looking after a coastal carpet, and she is taking residence in my spotteds normal enclosure, after I discovered that she refused to sit anywhere but her branch (so, I needed the light to give her some heat from above).

Anyway, my spotted has been moved to my bathroom for quarantine measures. I'm using a new heat cord one the inside of a 120L click clack. I only use it on the inside because the click clack is on wheels and the cord won't properly provide heat. I've put a sheet of photo frame glass over the top and a piece of cardboard on top of that to prevent too much heat from coming in contact with her. I don't have a spare thermostat, but thought I wouldn't need one as the thermometer stays a constant 34C and it wasn't particularly warm to the touch.

She has had a pinkish tinge to the latter half of her underside for one or two days now, but I didn't think anything of it because she was fed three days ago, and she sometimes gets a pink tinge to her around feeding time and a little while after. Now, I'm thinking it may be a burn.

Whether it is or not doesn't matter. If it is, I want to get ahead of it before it turns bad. However, since I've never had a snake with a burn, I don't know what I need to do.

I have taken a photo so you can see it. It's just a red tinge to her, and doesn't feel any different to normal.

What will I need to do/ not do? I've heard putting Betadine on it will help?

Thanks for your help,
~ notechistiger.


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[tenacres1100]

looks like blisters and weepy if it's burns

doesn't look like a burn to me, if you think it is take it to a vet

 

[inthegrass]

betadine is the way to go, it does not look bad from what i can see, twice a day for a couple of days should be plenty.
cheers

 

[notechistiger]

inthegrass: How do I put it on her? Just with a cloth and wipe it over her?

 

[inthegrass]

you can put it on a lint free cloth or just some tissue paper/ paper towel. dab it or just wipe the area that has the blisters.
cheers

 

[big_head]

my spotted had the exact same thing. i have a heat cord under some tiles on a thermostat set at 32 degrees. i've turned off the heat cord now, and it seems to have disappeared. i remember reading somewhere on here that a pink underbelly could be a sign of the snake being too cold.............i am new to reptiles so i have no idea what to make of it all!!!

 

[Zoltag]

Notechistiger - Good to hear you have heard about quarantine, but to have effectively quarantined the animals, you really should not be putting the coastal into your spotteds enclosure, regardless of whether or not you have fully disinfected the enclosure. A more effective method would be to leave your spotted where it was and to have the coastal in a separate room on its own, with its own enclosure, fittings, feeding equipment, etc.

On the other hand, unless the enclosure is damp and the coastal has no way of getting off the heatmat, I dont think the tinge is anything more than the blood coming to the surface to more effectively transfer the heat from the heatmat into the rest of the python (sort of like blushing and very similar to the feeding response you have already seen)

 

[DanTheMan]

Im no vet but doesn't look like a burn to me

 

[notechistiger]

Zoltag: The coastal is in her click clack, with her own equipment, etc. I've also removed everything from the enclosure. It's empty. The click clack sits on newspaper and nothing comes into contact with the enclosure (eg. click clack, snake, etc.). I've had her a couple of weeks now, and she has no mites. But yes, I do agree with you. As I said, the only reason why I had her in there is because I needed the light fitting. She'll be gone next week.

As for your second point, I did think that at first, but decided it wasn't because it didn't change in the twenty minutes or so I was holding her, she was cold when I checked her today and curled in her hide on the other side of the click clack (which is 120L and approx. 1200 long).

 

[Zoltag]

Sweet as, though mites are the least of your concerns with quarantine - Its more contagious diseases that dont show symptoms for some time that quarantine is designed to detect and prevent the spread of. I would suggest that before putting your spotted back into the enclosure, you give it a really good clean and disinfect with F10, just to be sure you are minimising the risk of airborne contagions having infected the enclosure.

If you are really concerned, take her into a vet for a checkup, though I dont think it is anything to worry too much about. Just keep an eye on her and check for the formation of blisters, etc as previous people have suggested

 

[4orce]

Maybe this is silly, but how long since it''s shed? Some of ours go pinkish underneath, very similar to that, for a week or two before shedding and all is good straight after. It actually gives us our first indication they're going to...

 

[xScarlettex]

Maybe this is silly, but how long since it''s shed? Some of ours go pinkish underneath, very similar to that, for a week or two before shedding and all is good straight after. It actually gives us our first indication they're going to...

my stimmi's belly goes pink like that before a shed too