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I will post pics when I can... The battery in my camera is dead, and I need to switch the telephoto lens for the standard lens so that I can shoot the photos.
But I just wanted to give an update on my DH Sunglow's scale rot.
As many of you now he arrived on November 17 from the breeder with the onset of scale rot. He had several spots over his body with the worst being a spot about the size of my pinkie nail on his ventral scales about 2 inches before his vent. I cleared out all substrate, replaced it with paper towels, raised his temps, and began to treat with 50/50 peroxide water, 2% chlorhexidine solution, and trip. antibiotic ointment.
Within 48 hours the scales had become increasingly discolored and the beginning signs of a blister could be seen on one scale. I took Eddie to the vet and was prescribed silver sulfadiazine cream, and told to continue the chlorhexidine cleansing (no systemic antibiotics were required).
One week later all affected areas looked dried out and were not showing any further signs of increased discoloration or expansion in size. Eddie was also showing the initial signs of entering shed cycle.
After two weeks three of the spots were lighter in color, And Eddie was taking on the milky blue appearance of a snake in shed. I still continued treatment.
This evening (December 6) I came down to find Eddie in the process of shedding. Overall it was progressing well except for a area about 2 inches long on his back that did not shed properly. Once he was done I helped him along with the remaining unshed spot. I examined all affected areas to see how the shed had helped in the healing process... Not a single spot of discoloration remained! Not even on his ventral scales! With one exception there is no sign of there ever being an infection. The ventral scales, though they are now their normal color have a slight texture to them showing that there was damage, but it's very slight, and if I hadn't known where to look I would have missed it. I anticipate that this will be remedied by the next shed.
So, on a whole Eddie has made a stellar recovery! I plan on keeping him on dry paper towels for a couple more weeks, and he will remain in quarantine for another 30 days (or until his next shed). I will continue to monitor him for quite a while to make sure the scale rot doesn't re-surface, but I'm very pleased with his progress!
I'll post photos soon ("before and after") once the battery's charged and I switch the lenses.
...And for those with a discerning eye: yes, I changed the spelling of Eddie's name. It was for personal reasons.
But I just wanted to give an update on my DH Sunglow's scale rot.
As many of you now he arrived on November 17 from the breeder with the onset of scale rot. He had several spots over his body with the worst being a spot about the size of my pinkie nail on his ventral scales about 2 inches before his vent. I cleared out all substrate, replaced it with paper towels, raised his temps, and began to treat with 50/50 peroxide water, 2% chlorhexidine solution, and trip. antibiotic ointment.
Within 48 hours the scales had become increasingly discolored and the beginning signs of a blister could be seen on one scale. I took Eddie to the vet and was prescribed silver sulfadiazine cream, and told to continue the chlorhexidine cleansing (no systemic antibiotics were required).
One week later all affected areas looked dried out and were not showing any further signs of increased discoloration or expansion in size. Eddie was also showing the initial signs of entering shed cycle.
After two weeks three of the spots were lighter in color, And Eddie was taking on the milky blue appearance of a snake in shed. I still continued treatment.
This evening (December 6) I came down to find Eddie in the process of shedding. Overall it was progressing well except for a area about 2 inches long on his back that did not shed properly. Once he was done I helped him along with the remaining unshed spot. I examined all affected areas to see how the shed had helped in the healing process... Not a single spot of discoloration remained! Not even on his ventral scales! With one exception there is no sign of there ever being an infection. The ventral scales, though they are now their normal color have a slight texture to them showing that there was damage, but it's very slight, and if I hadn't known where to look I would have missed it. I anticipate that this will be remedied by the next shed.
So, on a whole Eddie has made a stellar recovery! I plan on keeping him on dry paper towels for a couple more weeks, and he will remain in quarantine for another 30 days (or until his next shed). I will continue to monitor him for quite a while to make sure the scale rot doesn't re-surface, but I'm very pleased with his progress!
I'll post photos soon ("before and after") once the battery's charged and I switch the lenses.
...And for those with a discerning eye: yes, I changed the spelling of Eddie's name. It was for personal reasons.
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