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Red Tail Boa Neck Swelling?
Ok, here is the deal.
Yesterday I woke up to find Charly's neck swelled up really bad. It almost looked like he was holding a big mouth full of water. Needless to say it freaked the wife and I out. I took the day off work and rush her to the vet. As most of you know all the herp vets around here I swear smoke crack. The vet I wanted to take him to was booked up until Thursday.
So I took him to the next best thing. When I got there the vet looked at him and said, "I have seen this before… however, only in older burms and my last case was 6 yrs. ago. It looks like cephalic cellulitis. I am afraid its 99% fatal" He then said "Well this could also be a degenerative bone condition. However, since the back isn't all kinked up and she doesn’t have any broken ribs I don’t think its that"
I then explained to him that she just ate 3 days ago, and asked him if this could be related to that? He said, sure it could be, there might have been something hurt her as it went down.
After about an hr of him looking things up and telling me all the different ways she was going to die, he then gave me a load of meds to give her. Here is what they are.
0.05 Baytril Suspension
0.05 Rimadyl Susp.
Then he gave me DMSO 90% Liquid per oz. To put on the skin, All of this to be done every 2 days for 30 days.
Top all that off, after all this stress she regurged her rat right after I put her back in her cage.
Well here is the odd part. Last night I took her out to look her over, and what do you know, the skin is no longer bloated up, there was only a small sport where it looked puffy, like a knot under the skin. This morning, gone.
I am waiting on the vet to get in so I can call him and tell him this.
What I need from you all is this. Should I still give her all those meds for a condition that cant be it? I doubt very much that Cephalic Intermandibular and Pharyngeal Cellulitis will just go away in under 12hrs!
I am about to have a breakdown, one min a doc says, she is going to do, the next min everything goes away?
What are your thoughts?
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