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  • 10-04-2008, 06:30 PM
    p0ink
    Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    Ralph got bit by his lunch, but it's not that bad (I hope). There is very little, if any, blood, but there is a small nick where he got bit.

    He finished eating the mouse, and, so far, he is acting normal.

    What should I do? I plan on completely cleaning/disinfecting his cage, putting some neosporin on the nick....but what else should I do.

    I plan on knocking these mice out before dropping them in with him...but he never would eat anything unless it was first moving.

    Thoughts/opinions?
  • 10-04-2008, 06:34 PM
    Thor26
    Re: Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    make sure there is no pain killer in the neosporin and i wouldput him on paper towels for a while
  • 10-04-2008, 07:06 PM
    p0ink
    Re: Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    Ok...so I washed Ralph's injury with a mild anti-bacterial soap, rinsed him off thoroughly, dried him off, and put some Neosporin on the site.

    I also thoroughly cleaned out his cage with a bleach solution, am washing all of his hides/water dish, and going to line his cage with white paper towels and elevate the temperature a bit and lower the humidity a smidge.

    Is there anything else I should do?

    His bite is really just a nick, but it's a tad bit red/inflammed at the site where it just happened...but it really isn't a big bite at all, it's more like he got stuck by the mouse's teeth. Nothing is ripped off and there is no flesh missing at the site.
  • 10-04-2008, 09:09 PM
    Mike Schultz
    Re: Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    should be fine, this happens in the wild all the time and the snakes get over it (ever seen the scars on a adult WC python? ;))
  • 10-05-2008, 05:26 AM
    simplechamp
    Re: Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    Yeah, it should be fine. Like lizardofozz said, they survive much worse out in the wild with no neosporin or disinfected habitat or constant monitoring.
  • 10-05-2008, 10:51 AM
    rabernet
    Re: Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python
    I don't worry about nicks like that, and that's the worst that I might get when feeding live (I've fed live for over three years, and thousands of feedings). Something like that wouldn't cause me to start stunning prey (which I personally find a bit inhumane).

    Sounds like his scales did their job in protecting him. :)
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