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hannah_iris
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 07/12/2008 : 18:54:20
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my mexi black seems to have bumped his head, as his scales look damaged.
will he be okay?
he does seem to use his head as a battering ram but still, will it get better when he sheds?
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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2008 : 19:49:11
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Hi Hannah hows it going? From what I can make out snakes seem to heal any injuries with each shedding that they do. So if its a bad injury that it's got then it will take more than one shed to heal thats the jist of what i've picked up. |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
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hannah_iris
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
33 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2008 : 19:57:42
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| hey carl, its going good cheers, how are you? was just worried a bit because his head was a bit peely and damaged but from what you say he sounds like he'll be alright, so thats good ! |
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Carl
Hatchling
United Kingdom
498 Posts |
Posted - 07/12/2008 : 20:22:24
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Yeah as I say he should be ok but if your not sure and want to ask an expert lol then give the others a shout as I say they are far more experienced than I am as I've only had snoop about six weeks now |
1.0.0 Mexi Black (Snoop)
1.0.0 Milk Pueb (Lestat)
0.2.0 Mexi Black (no name) |
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Gingerpony
SerpentSeven's Evil Twin
United Kingdom
726 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 20:37:56
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| if there's any open wounds you should clean them with Tamodine or something similar. if there's just scale damage, like carl said, it may just take a few sheds before it looks right again. if there's anything specific in the viv that he's damaging himself on it's best removed, if he's striking the glass unfortunately there's not a lot you can do other than move the viv to a quiet place where you're not frequently walking past, and make sure any other pets (eg cats!) aren't harrassing him by peering in or tapping the glass! my cats are little sh!ts for doing that! |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, Dumerils boas, BCO hybrids, Sinder Hypo boas, Day Geckos
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matty18714
Moderator
United Kingdom
450 Posts |
Posted - 08/12/2008 : 21:06:57
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| GP, I think Marylin will show your cats who's boss |
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hannah_iris
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
33 Posts |
Posted - 09/12/2008 : 01:19:39
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| haha aw, no i put some bark wood stuff in there and he spent ages hitting his head on it, the silly thing! im gonna take it out & put something new in then, thanks for the help! |
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Kazerella
King Snake Admin
United Kingdom
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Posted - 09/12/2008 : 20:13:21
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I think it's a mexi-black thing because Nagini did this when we first got him. He even took a complete scale off of his head somehow.
Luckily it went away in a few sheds. Think it took a good 6 months to heal, but it's completely gone now. |
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