not like this for frig sakes

by **snake-5** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 6:44 pm

Took this pic last night, this is the shot on the side went strait through with a small piece of skin between the entry and exit points.

Some general info re cleaning the wound will be much appreciated here guys please.

by **damiensharjah** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:07 pm

Hi Snake 5. With open wounds like this I've used an interesting method that seems to be quite effective. One was on a Cerastes that had a large chunk removed from it by a stick ot something.

I applied Betadine to the wound first and then stuck sugical gauze over the hole and super-glued the edges to the snake. I then sprayed 'New Skin' (stuff for sports related blisters and grazes etc. )over the gauze. I repeated this, letting it dry in between spraying sessions until the whole thing was sealed up and rubbery to the touch. After a shed, the hole was half the size and a fine membrane had formed everywhere but the very centre. I cleaned it out, reapplied Betadine, and re-did the gauze and new skin thing. This snake is missing about 7 ribs currently, but is as healthy as they come, despite having a huge chunk of it's anatomy missing. I'll post you a few pics tomorrow.

by **Long John Silver** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:27 pm

Aha, at last my superglue theory is tested.........

by **armata** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 7:28 pm

Ah yes I remember you showing me that snake, remarkable

by **rubida** » Tue Mar 11, 2008 8:13 pm

Now, all you guy’s still need to do is to spray the wound with Panthox. It contains d-Panthenol (which aid in shortening the healing period), a broad-spectrum antibiotic and it has antibacterial and antifungal properties.

by **damiensharjah** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:12 pm

Here are the pics of the Cerastes that I mentioned. You can see by the scale of the damage what she must have looked like when it happened. She was about half the size then.

by **damiensharjah** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 4:17 pm

On the same subject, we got called to BP oil company to remove a snake only to find a baby horned viper nearly chopped in half! This after we gave the entire staff a free lecture, posters, our number (5 minutes down the road) and everything else.

Eish.

by **Bushviper** » Thu Mar 13, 2008 5:18 pm

Wow that must have damaged an organ or two. Pretty close to the heart too. Glad to see she is doing so well and a little on the chubby side, so feeding is obviously not a problem.

by **snake-5** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:44 pm

Dam the puffy died today...

by **jka** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 6:55 pm

Sorry to hear that, at least you tried to do something for him.

by **damiensharjah** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:03 pm

#$%^ one.

Well done for the effort though.

by **steve** » Fri Mar 14, 2008 7:11 pm

sorry to hear that, when i saw the pics i knew it was on borrowed time...x2 9mm bullet wounds...not even a horse could survive that.
pity...good on you for the effort though:(

not like this for frig sakes

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