Help, Does my Snake have a disease?

[Steven210]

When I took my corn snake today I noticed like a yellow/clear crust like around her neck, its around like 2 holes in her Im not sure what they are (ears?)

Im afraid it could be some disease that could kill her, or will this just go away?

Her behavior is fine, she ate about 4 days ago and is going to the bathroom normally.

 

[Steven210]

Heres a picture , the best I could get... She wouldnt stay still and seemed to be freaking out from the camera... You can look by her head and see like that yellow

 

[Dan K.]

snakes don't have ears, how long has that been there I'm not an expert on corns so?

 

[Steven210]

just recently I took her out and noticed it, I was going to try and wet my hands with warm water and like try and gently get it off But I dont want to hurt her so I just left it alone

 

[T&KBrouse]

Okay. One thing you can try is to get her in a tote with some slightly warm water. Put the lid on so she can't escape. This will soften it up and you can tell if its her skin thats producing it or if shes got a mild case of the sniffles and maybe got a touch snotty. Oh... and leave her in there a good 15-20 minutes.

If it comes right off and shes clean, shes got a bit of an RI. If she has actual marks, it could be slightly infected rub marks from trying to escape when you're not looking. I had a Dumerils boa get a slightly infected sore on one side of her neck from persistantly trying to escape.

Let us know what happens, okay?

 

[Steven210]

she does try to escape, she climbs the bio vines and fake leaves and bites the screen and pushes up against it, I havent seen her do it recently because she does it at night and im usually knocked out

 

[Sunrise Reptile]

Scrapes are actually quite common. You could try some Neosporin (sp?) or similar. If it hangs around for longer than a week, get the snake to a vet to have it looked at.

Do you feed live? I suspect not, because that snake still looks pretty small.

 

[Steven210]

No I feed frozen. She doesnt seem to be in any distress or anything... Shes moving around fine and she let me handle her

 

[Steven210]

Well My snake seems to be ok, she had a nice clean shed yesterday and came off all in one piece and the mark is barely noticeable =D

 

[T&KBrouse]

Very cool! She may have a small scar, but she shouldn't be any worse for wear.
Good to hear shes okay!