smelly shed

[Joltman]

I had to help one of my rescues out wuth her shed tonight . Now I hae done this many of times bfore. This time I noticed a very foul odor. almost like carp. Had to think of an appropriate aadjective ther. Wel if anyone else has ever run into this please let me know.

thanks in advance
[addsig]

Does the snake have this odor going on or was it just the shed ? ie.. When you were shedding it out . I have had rescues previously that have come in smelling like such. I gave em a "bathing" and it took like 3-4 baths before the smell went away. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_confused.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img]
[addsig]

Oh yeah..Are there any signs of an infection going on with this snake either ?
[addsig]

[Joltman]

no it does not show any signs of infection. this is one of the rescued snakes from the guy who was trying to cook them. So I am thinking it is just a scent gland prob that will take care of itself with a little more natural surrounding. It has been doing a lot of soaking and hopefully it is just from them being in the heated cage.
[addsig]

[eddie]

Could be some of the urates and feces cooked into the skin.
It should be gone with in the next two sheds if it is that.
[addsig]

[ratsickle]

HI,
Thank goodness you rescued that snake, The only thing it could be is the snake was laying
in urates and snake poo in the cage... This will subside after a while. I hope it dosen't have mites, most of my new snakes have there cages treated for a couple months to prevent the
introduction of mites into my group. Be sure to change that water every day she may be covered with poo and stuff and that water is very contaminated after a soaking, maybe an extra smaller water dish for drinking only and the big dish so she can try to wash off that smell.. It proably taste bad to her sensative tongue ... Yechhhhh!!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] I hope she don't have an internal GI infection, sometimes when my snake shed they pass urates or poo in the shed and its wrapped up like in a baggy you almost have to look in the shed to see if thats where that wonderful smell is coming from...
Her previous owner proably was to dang busy to worry about cleaning her cage...
All of my herps have no odor except the very faint smell of newspaper...
ratsickle

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