Corn Snake Injury. Help?!?

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of back.). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay???

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Originally Posted by JohnWick

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of back.). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay???

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Make a thread! What kind of ointment?

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of his back). I put antibiotic ointment on him. Will he be okay??

Normal triple antibiotic ointment. I put him back into his enclosure and he burrowed into his bedding quickly.

My snake was badly cut by my cat (wound is one inch long and a quarter inch wide wide with pink flesh exposed, not bleeding, upper quarter of his back), he is fully grown and a big dude. I put normal triple antibiotic ointment on him and placed him back into his enclosure, where he quickly burrowed into his bedding. He is the first snake I ever had and I am very concerned for him after seeing the cut and the flesh the separated "skin" exposed. I cant get him to a vet, what do I do, and more importantly, will he survive????????

Can you snap a pic and upload that?

I can certainly try. Ill have to pull him out from under his bedding (which has probably stuck to the ointment though).

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There is the wound on the neck. It looks a little rigid due to the ointment, but otherwise is perfectly smooth.

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