Spider got bit.

Yeah you read it right. She is a fiesty one and today she struck at the belly of the mouse and not the head. So the mouse fought back and bit her pretty good on the back. I managed to knock the crap out of the mouses head but the damage was done.

Its not bleeding or anything but its a good clean bite about 3 inches from her head. Is it like a cut on humans where it's safe to use peroxide and neosporin? It's fresh so I have time to react well before infection sets in. Luckily her tank was cleaned just yesterday.

Do not use peroxide (it stings and is not good for anything except remove stain ;)) use betadine or Chlorhexadine and apply some neosporine without pain killer or any triple anti-biotic ointment

Cool, Thanks! I'm glad I waited before I just went and did it.

I guesse the good thing is that as she moves around the wound doesnt touch the substrate to get dirty or anything.

Here is a pic of the damage.

http://i737.photobucket.com/albums/x...s/100_1515.jpg

Ouch that is a good bite! Sorry for that man usually the rat can not bite the snake that quickly or my snake will get them in the face. Poor Spider!

Like I said she didnt strike the head initially. So when she put the squeeze on, the mouse just fought back.

I just hope she heals up nicely, that's my prettiest baby so far. And she was not happy when I put the Neo on her. She hissed at me like none other.

maybe you shouldnt feed live? or stun them.

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO, poor snake. Yeah I'd try F/T next time.


Cheers

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

maybe you shouldnt feed live? or stun them.

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Trust me if she would eat fresh killed/stunned or even f/t I would, it's a hell of alot cheaper if I could get them all on f/t. I have had BP's for about 7 yrs and this was the first time it's ever happened. I have always fed live.

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Originally Posted by I<3Dreamsicles

maybe you shouldnt feed live? or stun them.

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Comes with the territory. Just like we the keepers are susceptible to bites from our snakes, theyre just as susceptible to being bitten by their prey.

My het got bitten like that, just about the same spot and same size. I didnt do anything to it, and after two sheds it was all gone and no scarring. They heal amazingly well.

I was just about to post a thread about this. My spider just got the same treatment about twenty minutes ago. The bite wasn't quite as bad as yours, though. The mouse caught him on the neck and under the chin; it bled for a while, but stopped quickly. I rinsed it off with a damp paper towel and put some neosporin on it, and now I'm just hoping it doesn't get infected :/

I put him in a dark container with clean paper towels inside his cage; I won't leave him in there for very long, but I think it'll give the wound a chance to close up a bit before it has to go on his bedding, especially since it's under his chin.

Good luck with your little girl, hope it heals clean :]

Try using tongs next time and hold the mouse by the back of the neck so the snake gets a headshot. Kill em first and do the zombie mouse dance. It looks like a good bite hopefully it heals up nice

I was just going to tell you what bman said....

Use tongs stun the mouse....don't kill it. Hold it with the tongs for the snake. I feed live however I never just put the mouse in the enclosure, we always feed with tongs and stun right before.

Ugh...I am so sorry to hear she was hurt...that looks really bad.

UPDATE!!!

She looks like she is doing fine. It's got a fine start on healing, you can still see the wound but it's dry clean and I guesse scabbing over nicely. I took pictures of it just now but they are crap so whatever.

I know it will take a few sheds or so before I know how it will look in the long run. BTW how many (a guesse would be fine) sheds before I could consider it healed? Like I said I have been feeding live for years and this is the first bite I have experienced.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

Do not use peroxide (it stings and is not good for anything except remove stain ;)) use betadine or Chlorhexadine and apply some neosporine without pain killer or any triple anti-biotic ointment

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My advice is the same as Deborah's. However, I thought I'd post in the interests of correct information, even if the end advice is the same.

I'm not a doctor or anything, but according to my understanding, peroxide DOES kill germs. It also kills healthy tissue just as effectively. Once upon a time, killing germs was pretty important, because we had fewer options to treat an infection. Now, it is usually just as effective to use something like neosporin, and you'll end up with less scarring because it doesn't kill the healthy tissue.