Snake! Injured wild!

[fowltemptress]

Goodness, don't ever put peroxide on a reptile unless you seriously dilute it. Peroxide is not good for their skin, it can burn it. It's better to use a reptile healing aid, or else plain old water. Most any pet store will sell topical reptile healing aids for scratches. Ask for help from a sales person if you're not sure what kind to get.
If she's a corn, and you keep your house at a normal temperature range, then the heating pad probably isn't necessary. And you should never try feeding a snake that has been transported for a minimum of 24 hours, but it's better to wait two days, just to be sure. Being transported can stress them into regurgitating their food if they're fed too soon.
If she is as long as you say, she is much too big to be eating pinkies. She should be eating full grown mice at this point. 1 or two every ten days is all they need as adults.
If the wound is fairly shallow the snake should recover just fine, and over the process of two or three sheds should disappear. Corn snakes are among the hardiest and and easiest snakes to care for.
Definitely get rid of the UV light. Just rinse off the wound and leave it alone for a couple of days, I'm sure it will be fine.
Do you plan to keep her or find a home? I hope she wasn't badly injured. Good luck!

 

[FarmerDenise]

My experience with Petco staff has actually been quite good. I have always received sound advice from the folks who work at our Petco. So I would trust what they say, but I also usually verify anything anyone tells me with other sources.

 

[theOEGBman]

Well, if its the Petco in Modesto, its NOT good. They are all pretty much total idiots.

 

[MonkeyZero]

She is 2 and 1/2 ft lng. I fed her again. I will not be able to go to the store today, cause I'm having surgery, anyways, I'll try go ing to the vet on Friday

 

[jeaucamom]

Roux, has extensive knowledge of reptiles, maybe you could pm or email her???

 

[theOEGBman]

If she's 2.5 feet long, she definitely needs bigger prey. How big around is she? You would to feed her a meal that is about the same width as her body, although they can comsume a meal quite a bit bigger. The meal should leave a lump in her body for a few days, if it vanishes after just a day, the meal was probably too small. My adult female is a little over 3 feet long and she takes adult mice like nothing. Pinkies are definitely too small I'd say. Im still a novice to Corns myself, so Im just telling you what I'v heard/read.

 

[Roux]

You've gotten some good advice here - I definitely second the NO PEROXIDE rule. Betadine Solution (not Betadine scrub) diluted to the color of weak iced tea is fine for wound irrigation, too, followed by a light coating of Bacitracin (not Neosporin).

Judging prey size by body width is a very good rule of thumb...keep in mind that rodents flatten out considerably when they're being consumed, so what may seem like a slightly-too-big prey item is often the appropriate size, post-constriction.

Is there any way you could post a picture of this snake, A) so we could look at the type of injury & also B) to get an idea of the animal's overall size?

IMHO, you may want to consider rehoming this snake, especially since it's injured. It sounds like you have your hands full between all your turtles & your upcoming surgery, and since there is a learning curve involved when dealing with species, an injured snake may fare a bit better with someone who has more experience working with them. It would also be one less thing for you to worry about post-op.

Good luck!

 

[MonkeyZero]

YAY!!!

I found a vet, who knows my cousin(neighbor), and she said she'll give me free check ups on my turtles if I give her the snake. She took it. The visits for my turtles will be at her home because she has supplies at home.

 

[TheMartianChick]

That seems like a good solution for the snake... and the turtles!! I love to hear a creative solution to a problem.