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Black streak

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Otter_23

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I have a male corn snake that I have had for 9 years. A couple months ago I noticed that he had a black streak on his mouth towards the back. It also seemed that his throat was swollen. He was still active and was eating. Within 2 days the streak was gone and the swelling was gone. I had changed his substrate from dirt to aspen and thought the black streak had just been from the dirt. Well I have taken him out of burmation and noticed a few days ago he has the streak again and this time I took him out and washed his head off and put triple antibiotic on it. The next day I checked him again and he appeared very swollen under his mouth. He has eaten every time I have offered him food. He is very active and doesn't have any discharge coming from his mouth. He did soak in his water dish for awhile and some of his poop appeared green. Otherwise like I said he is very active and was eating etc. My questions is what could be wrong with him? How can I cure him and prevent it from happening again. I have 2 females that I have pulled from burmation with him and they both look fine and are eating. Thanks for your help.
Mark Westberg
 
Does the streak appear prior to shedding? I would guess with the swollen neck/chin area and soaking that it has something to do with the affects of the shedding cycle. There was a thread at one point talking about this 'thickening' of the chin/neck prior to shedding.

D80
 
Yep my corns throat looks swollen just like that, but I haven't noticed him blue at all. Should triple antibiotic clear up the black streak on the side of his mouth or is that possibly part of the swollen throat?
Thanks a lot for that link. Made me feel better about him.
Mark Westberg
 
He shed yesterday the streak is gone and the swelling is gone. Thanks again for the link to explain what was going on with him.
 
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