We picked up 7 dusky pigmies last Monday. All 7 had been housed and feed in the same enclosure. After we got them back to our shop and began to box them for quarantining, I noticed one had a wound on the side. Nothing unusual about that as they were all collected. Checked the wound on Wednesday and necrosis had set in. Seems this little pig had been bitten by one of his cage mates. There is really no way to reverse necrosis, so the outlook it bleak for this little guy. We are trying to arrest the infection and keep him as strong as possible to give him a fighting chance. We are treating the wound with Nolvasan (2.35% solution) and giving him a daily 5 minute soak in Electrolyte. Notice the massive cell destruction inside of the circle. We prefer to always house our venomous separately unless breeding, but we occasional have to double up due to space constraints, but we NEVER feed together. I would advise all hot keepers to separate if possible and definitely do not feed multiple venomous snakes in the same enclosure.
Never feed venomous together
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