Hello. I was over spraying my ball pythons. Now they have red and brown spots looks like scale rot and green spot on belly. Bought betadine today but one of my snake shed today do I have to wait since her skin is fresh?
This definitely does not sound normal. Do you have any photos of this green spot? Has it been getting worse since you’ve seen it? Has this snake’s behavior or weight changed at all? Is there anything that can have dyed the snake that color?
Green is generally a color you never want to see in a wound or infection on a BP because this is a potential sign of necrotizing skin. And red spots can mean the animal is experiencing septicemia, which is when an infection begins to take over the body as a whole.
I think the best course of action may be bringing your animal to a vet as soon as you can. These sound like what I would consider an emergency if it was to be any of my own animals.
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Green is bad. Definitely agree with @armiyana on this. Photos will help people to understands the situation and potentially offer more specific advice, but this sounds like something which should be seen by a vet. If you haven’t already got a vet who knows about and will work on snakes, this can help you to locate one. Good luck to you and your snakes.
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Okay! Seeing these photos is definitely a different thing entirely. Phew.
So the green spots look more like maybe some decor may have bled some color if it was too wet. Possibly a fake plant of some sort? Definitely does not look anything like an infection there that I was worried about. I had a pale snake turn orange because of the tanins in the bedding before.
White snakes have the tendency to make everything look worse, thankfully this is a really mild case. They can sometimes get what looks like red welts from when the snake curls up tight and gets a little bit of skin creasing.
There are some very early worry signs here and that’s the blistered spots. So I would still do the betadine for now and im keep the snake on some paper towels til they clear up. The biggest worry is if the blisters pop and more dirty wet bedding gets in contact with that wound making the infection worse.
They will take a bit to clear up and your snake might go into another shed sooner than usual. But if they’re kept clean and get a soak every other Day or so that should help clear it up.
If for some reason the sores spread or turn into an open wound I would definitely go see a vet. But quick action should turn this around fast.
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Thank you for your reply. I do have fake plants. And I’ve been spraying like crazy for better shed. I have few more questions. There is no limit to to betadine bath right? I can do it every day until I see improvement? And after betadine bath should I wash snake with a normal water or just to dry betadine from snake? I heard all over Internet that people put ointments after betadine bath. Some saying neosporine, some saying bacitracin. I even got betadine ointement too, but if I apply should I remove water bowl? So snake wouldn’t get ointment inside of water. Or after few hours should I wash it off from snake? Thank you so much for your replies again😀
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If there’s no actual wound, putting on an ointment can actually cause more damage to the scales than good. But yeah it can cause issues if it rubs off in the water and such too. So more reason to be sparing on those uses. If one of those little spots peels off and leaves a sore you can dab a little on the spot and the water dish should be okay to stay. But if you do make sure it’s one with no painkillers. Human painkillers are bad for reptiles. I’ve seen something like that marketed as ‘ouchless’ in the past too.
You can do a soak daily, but with such a minor case I would just keep the noodle from getting too stressed so every other Day is fine. A bit of dry time should help a minor case like this heal up better than more soaking.
I like to get the water to a good temp and let the snake sit for a minute or two before adding the betadine. That way if they want a drink first it’s not medicated. Just make sure the temp of the water is below 90. 78-88 is a safe range.
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Thank you so much. Reading now both Americans and Russians about treating bp. Russians using betadine, lamisil and clotrimazole which are anti-fungal creams
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