rat bite

[joannarea]

Chocolate has a few raised scales, I think the rat may have bit at him, doesn't seem deep or anything. Like an abrasion. Is neosporian okay to put on it?

[Holbeird]

That should be fine

[Kobi Baby]

Yes, but it must be "Pain-reliever free". No offense, but all the more reason to feed P/K or F/T.

[bigballs]

sometimes you may get raised scales from low humidity. check it out if your unsure. a rat bite should be easily identified.

just a thought.

[rabernet]

Yes, but it must be "Pain-reliever free". No offense, but all the more reason to feed P/K or F/T.

Why's that? I've never fed p/k or f/t to any of mine, ever. Not one of them has a scratch on them, after over 2000 live prey items fed off in that time.

[Moriar]

Yes, but it must be "Pain-reliever free". No offense, but all the more reason to feed P/K or F/T.

F/T over live is a hot topic... personally what ever your ball will eat is the best option!

[chris B]

Yes, but it must be "Pain-reliever free". No offense, but all the more reason to feed P/K or F/T.

It's all about the owner, if you're a responsible owner you should have no problems feeding live. Some people just toss a mouse in and pay no attention to what happens with it. I also feed live, no problems here.

[Kobi Baby]

The reason I said anything at all about this is because the origional post says "I think the rat may have bit at him". If you are feeding live, you should keep a vigilant eye on the feed until the mouse or rat is dead -- completely. If the prey bit at your snake, you better know it. If you aren't going to watch what is happening with a live prey item, then don't feed live. That's what I'm saying. If you guys and gals wanna feed live, more power to you if you can do it sucessfully with no injuries to your little ones. But please oh please, don't take your eyes off that prey until its dead.

[Krazy99CL]

I use to do live, but the rats are too cute. Mice...ehhh I really dont care. lol. Well just as long as your snake is healthy and doesnt get bitten. Vet bill for a rat bite is simply not worth taking.

[joannarea]

Thanks for the okay on the neo, pain-reliever free. I said may have a rat bite because I do supervise my feeds. Actually I set and watch more to make sure it doeasn't bite, if Chocolate doesn't strike within 5 to 10 minutes, I remove the rat. Remove it sooner if the rat seems to cling close to him and he is uninterested. I had the rat 3 days, and put it in with him for a short while each day, he wasn't interested. I returned it to the pet shop for a credit and will try another in a week. I am very allergic to rodents, and 3 days in my home was all I could take. The pet shop works well with me due to this.

I tried frozen, and he ate them, but wasn't as frequent to eat as with live. It was also about the time of the UTI, and though I thawed, hot water warmed the frozen, I wondered if it could have influenced the UTI.

I know it is probably wrong, but to get frozen I have to make a 2 hour round trip. They are expensive and I have thrown them away because the BP wasn't interested. The live is 3 blocks, and I can return them as I did this last one, if the BP doesn't eat it.

Thanks for the help.