Bite wound

[Emilio]

I just feed my female and I noticed she got nipped, what should I do is their anything you guy's gal's recommend????

[Razaiel]

I'm still relatively new to snake keeping but I am currently dealing with a problem like this and am basing my advice on what I've learnt from my reptile specialist and vet - so if I've said anything wrong please let me know.


Try washing it with boiled (but not hot) water - then use a product called Tamodine available from reptile shops. Keep an eye on the bite and if it doesn't seem to be healing see a vet. I'm currently treating (with the help of my vet) a corn snake that was bitten by another corn - (not mine - a rescue). Basically it got bit by its cage-mate (a corn of a different type) and the owners couldn't be bothered to treat it. Result = one great fat swollen abcess which now requires 10 days of injecting antibiotics followed by lancing, draining and 2-3 days hospitalization.

[lucky08]

Use a little bit on Neosporin. If it doesn't come off with the next shed maybe take it to a vet, but it should be fine. and remember, never feed a snake live prey, I mean frozen/thawed or even pre-killed are fine for your snake, and then you don't have to worry about it getting bitten. take some tongs and wiggle the mouse/rat in front of the snake, maybe even tap the nose of your snake, this should be enough for it to stike and coil, let the mouse go and there ya go!
-Colin

[rabernet]

Colin,


With all due respect, you'll find that many people here feed live and find it just as safe as feeding f/t. The bulk of the people here will not promote one type of feeding over the other, but do try to dispel the mis-information that feeding live is wrong, somehow.

There are many threads on this subject ad nauseum that you can search on, but if done in a responsible manner, there is nothing wrong with feeding live.

[Eddie_Z]

WARNING WARNING WARNING!!

You are officially put on notice of an Adam Wysocki alert! Enter the rest of this discussion at your own risk!!

[tigerlily]

Plus that tap the snake with the rodent thing, will more than likely get you a noneating snake. BPs are very shy and don't like being attacked no matter how gently. You're best bet is the rodent zombie dance.

[Emilio]

I alway's feed live , the day my bp got nipped I didn't knock the rat out. My mistake won't happen again.

[Adam_Wysocki]

and remember, never feed a snake live prey, I mean frozen/thawed or even pre-killed are fine for your snake, and then you don't have to worry about it getting bitten.

I feed live and I never worry about my snakes getting bitten.

There's nothing wrong with feeding live as long as it's done in a safe, controlled, and responsible way.

-adam

[lucky08]

. . .and again everyone is so judgemental. I'm sorry, but I'd rather feed my snakes f/t or pre-killed and have NO chance of them getting hurt. And for all of you who feed live prey, Way To Go!

[Karma]

I feed Karma live and never have the slightest problem. She's always been fed live prey and never been a fussy eater