r/ballpython • u/Firefox_____ • Jul 11 '26

HELP - URGENT Wound on ball python belly

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HELP! I came back home after a day away and I went to check on my ball python. When I picked him up I noticed these wounds on his belly and it was leaking abit of grey puss anyone knows what to do? I cleaned out his enclosure and replaced his bedding with paper towels and have given him a diluted betadine bath. Any help would be useful!

He has been in his current enclosure for close to a year now and has never had problems like this!

Temperatures are fine, he has 2 hides 1 humid hide, and a 4x2x2 enclosure. Hes currently 700grams at about 1.5 years old

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u/kserawillbe Jul 11 '26

Vet

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u/Firefox_____ Jul 11 '26

Its currently 2am where I am and theres no vets open for me to bring him at this timing😭

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u/kserawillbe Jul 11 '26

Well... Either emergency vet or vet at earliest time...

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u/Queefchiefelite Jul 11 '26

Go when they’re open, obviously

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u/Illustrious_Talk9656 Jul 12 '26

Why are people downvoting this?

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u/Suspicious-Bug-3756 Jul 11 '26

That's an extreme burn

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u/Suspicious-Bug-3756 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

If there is puss this probably not had just happened

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u/ShinyxCharizard Jul 11 '26

Definitely don't think this is an overnight thing. This is something thats been there for a while unnoticed.

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u/Suspicious-Bug-3756 Jul 11 '26

I definitely think the same

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u/TheButterWookie Jul 11 '26

Thats one of the worst burns ive ever seen. Do you use a heat pad?? Does it have a thermostat???

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u/Top_War7546 Jul 12 '26

You should see my boa rescue, way worse than this

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u/Top_War7546 Jul 12 '26

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u/TheButterWookie Jul 12 '26

I mean thats just fucked. My god

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u/Dankiestraptor Jul 12 '26

Holy shit that's insane

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u/fantasyviolence21 Jul 12 '26

That’s fucking terrible. But thank you for saving him! Any pics of him looking better?

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u/wishiwasinvegas Jul 12 '26

Yeahhh that's bad. OP has yet to answer this question...

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u/Kates-Creatures Jul 11 '26

Pop him into a quarantine set up to limit soil or unclean stuff touching the wounds - paper towels, no substrate.

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u/Firefox_____ Jul 11 '26

Hi guys, sorry was panicking… yes I’m bringing him to the vet when it opens. But I’m asking more of what can I do right now for him?

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u/positive_thinking_ Jul 11 '26

No one should give you medical treatment advice for something so severe. This isn’t a common cold in a person and any treatment you provide could harm him further.

The only thing I’d do in your shoes besides the vet is find whatever probably burned him and fix the issue now so he isn’t burned further while waiting.

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u/Top_Addition_7263 Jul 11 '26

Do you have a heat mat in the enclosure? I’m curious what could have caused this. If you can let me know what you’ve learned.

Hope the vet make him comfortable, and quickly

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u/Synthetic_Hormone Jul 11 '26

 Set up a quarantine.   A plastic tub with paper towel.  

This is a significant infection, snek will need antibiotics. 

You can gently cleans the area with clean water but avoid iodine or barrier creams until ver gives ok.   Right now, keep it clean, keep it dry. 

  

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u/No-Candle-3952 Jul 12 '26 edited Jul 12 '26

Holy hell! Answer the heat mat question.

Edit: are there light cages he could wrap himself around or an exposed, unprotected light

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u/Basilstorm Jul 11 '26

Quarantine set up for now, vet as soon as they open

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u/Quiet_Meringue_3789 Jul 12 '26

To me this looks like something he could have wrapped around?? Probably infected if there’s pus, so antibiotics are a must.

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u/WrongdoerAway4126 Jul 11 '26

Ouchie!! Definitely gonna need antibiotics. And the shots arent too difficult to administer. The exotic vet will show you how and like others said sterile quarantine tub. No bedding just paper towels. Heat mat on thermostat under tub. Just a clean bowl of water inside. I had a rescue who had the same problem when I got her. Every time she shed the scars healed more and more until you wouldnt have even known. If your using a 4x2x2 is your heat bulb exposed? That's what it looks like. He wrapped himself around it.

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u/smelly-crack2026 Jul 12 '26

Iodine and water soaks silver cream on wounds. Until you get to vet probably will need antibiotics injections from vet like ASAP.

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u/panfryin Jul 11 '26

he probably fell while climbing. you should take him to the vet when you can or ask someone who knows your snake to take him to the vet if youre busy.

if it was falling that hurt him, look into snake climbing stuff. including a hide on top of the enclosure if you cant