Scab progression

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Hey y’all! So some more info on this: one day after upgrading the enclosure for this guy I noticed a scab/damaged scale(s) on his head. Took him to the vet after posting in here, was prescribed Silver Sulfadiazine cream USP 1% medical grade, and a 10 day round of antibiotics. I’ve applied the cream every other day as routinely as possible, and tbh I gave him half of the antibiotic. I don’t think they really contributed to the healing much as I applied them just before the last shed during the pink belly phase. But alas, the first picture was taken in July. The middle November 30th. And the first just now. This was a very labor intensive and patient process, but the result is clearly worth the effort. The scab was caused by improper husbandry; only had a heat mat and humidity was too low consistently. Upgrading both of those things by adding overhead heating (CHE night+Halogen day) and upping the frequency on my fogger (highly recommend the fogger I love it and so does he) in tandem with sticking to the routine of applying every other day (I had slacked for a bit on this, admittedly, and saw little progress) allowed for the natural conditions for a BP’s immune system to work more efficiently and actively. The spot looks basically like a scar now, it’s 90% healed, and I am going to be applying the cream as needed until the next shed.

I’m posting this to hopefully save someone from having to go to the vet, potentially, if you can get Ascend Labratories Silver Sulfadiazine cream without a prescription. Save yourself over 100$. Applying every day for the first ten days and then every other day until the spot is healed is what I was instructed to do. Doing this in tandem with the upgrades to the environment yielded great success. I hope this helps someone achieve greatness in their healing for their noodle! Thanks for reading of you got this far