my ball got it by the rat she was eating can this cause problems
02-06-2010, 07:02 PM
redstormlax12
Re: snake got bit
Yes. It can cause a whole host of problems. Infections can occur which would be the most common thing. First of all you shouldn't be feeding your ball or any of your snakes live prey. You should be feeding f/t. There is absolutely no advantage to feeding live, only disadvantages. You should probably take your ball to the vet as soon as possible.
02-06-2010, 07:08 PM
ballpythonluvr
Re: snake got bit
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Originally Posted by redstormlax12
Yes. It can cause a whole host of problems. Infections can occur which would be the most common thing. First of all you shouldn't be feeding your ball or any of your snakes live prey. You should be feeding f/t. There is absolutely no advantage to feeding live, only disadvantages. You should probably take your ball to the vet as soon as possible.
I have to disagree with you here. Yes, bites can happen when you feed live prey. I have a snake that is very picky latley and I am going to have to try and feed live. This snake does not accept f/t prey. There are many people on here who feed live prey without any problems. To the OP, can you post a picture of the wound that your snake has? You may be able to just treat the wound with neopsorin without the pain reliever in it. There is no need to come down so harshly on someone that feeds live.
02-06-2010, 07:12 PM
twistedtails
Re: snake got bit
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Originally Posted by redstormlax12
Yes. It can cause a whole host of problems. Infections can occur which would be the most common thing. First of all you shouldn't be feeding your ball or any of your snakes live prey. You should be feeding f/t. There is absolutely no advantage to feeding live, only disadvantages. You should probably take your ball to the vet as soon as possible.
I feed live.
02-06-2010, 07:13 PM
redstormlax12
Re: snake got bit
Well feeding live is a last resort. And even supervised live is dangerous. Supervising is basically useless since once your snake is bitten theres not undoing it. But check out this thread on another forum.
it did not bring blood she is about 9 years old and has always eaten live
02-06-2010, 07:17 PM
twistedtails
Re: snake got bit
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Originally Posted by longbeard
it did not bring blood she is about 9 years old and has always eaten live
She should be fine. I wouldn't worry about it if there is not a noticable amount of blood.
02-06-2010, 07:33 PM
het.pied
Re: snake got bit
i dont know how you can say that feeding live is a last resort. i chose to feed mine live prey cause thats what they want. and i honestly am way to impatient to let frozen meals thaw out for my snakes to eat and then dangle it for them to eat... every time i throw a live prey item in the cage my snakes eat, if they dont after 10 minutes then the prey is removed. no harm no foul. everyone makes their own decision on what to feed their animals, but just cause you do it your way does not mean it is the ONLY way. to each their own
02-06-2010, 07:34 PM
unspecified42
Re: snake got bit
I feed live, too. Several of mine won't take f/t. I've had a couple of rat bites, but nothing bad happened. Usually nothing does. You might want to try cleaning the bite and putting some triple antibiotic ointment, chlorohex, or povidone/iodine on it just to kill any bacteria.
02-06-2010, 11:34 PM
bman123
Re: snake got bit
why not use tongs/foreceps or kill the prey 1st and do the zombie rat dance?
