My python got bit while feeding

It was not bad. But the rats bottom teeth caught my snakes belly as he struck. And while he was finishing off the rat he started to dig the teeth in deeper. Which is when I grabbed the rats mouth, which was half in my snakes mouth and half on his belly, and removed the teeth from my snakes belly. My snake neber stoped or even acted like it was a problem. But he isnt going to tell me hey that hurt. What do I need to do to make sure all is well. I seen no blood. So I figured healing time would be fast. Im a newbie. Only had him for about 4 months and this is the first time this has happen.

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Originally Posted by Jason Ahmad

It was not bad. But the rats bottom teeth caught my snakes belly as he struck. And while he was finishing off the rat he started to dig the teeth in deeper. Which is when I grabbed the rats mouth, which was half in my snakes mouth and half on his belly, and removed the teeth from my snakes belly. My snake neber stoped or even acted like it was a problem. But he isnt going to tell me hey that hurt. What do I need to do to make sure all is well. I seen no blood. So I figured healing time would be fast. Im a newbie. Only had him for about 4 months and this is the first time this has happen.

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I had this happen to one of my big girls. When feeding live I always watch them eat to make sure the rat doesnt get them. When the rat got miy girl there was blood. After eating I noticed a nice little cut on her lower jaw. I just kept an eye on her and she healed up fine on her own. Just make sure you monitor the snake and they should heal up on their own. Snakes are pretty resilient when it comes to this. Just make sure there is no swelling or signs of an infection and you should be fine.

As long as there are no puncture wounds, all is well. I feed live also. I keep chop sticks handy.

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Originally Posted by Rat160

I had this happen to one of my big girls. When feeding live I always watch them eat to make sure the rat doesnt get them. When the rat got miy girl there was blood. After eating I noticed a nice little cut on her lower jaw. I just kept an eye on her and she healed up fine on her own. Just make sure you monitor the snake and they should heal up on their own. Snakes are pretty resilient when it comes to this. Just make sure there is no swelling or signs of an infection and you should be fine.

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I always monitor feeding. And thank you. I was hoping I was just not in a panic. And did something wrong. A mans love for his snake will make him do so crazy stuff. But thank u I will keep u posted

When I feed live, I have my :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little snake hook handy. It works great to restrain feet that are kicking/ scratching, and can even hold the mouth open if it is biting. They should market those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty zoo-med collapsible snake hooks as rat hooks instead!

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Originally Posted by llovelace

As long as there are no puncture wounds, all is well. I feed live also. I keep chop sticks handy.

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Hahaha I use chopsticks as tongs too :D

18 inch feeding tongs here LOL

No problem at all! Little stuff like that happens once in awhile and I've never seen any problems with any of mine especially if your temps and husbandry are where they should be. Given proper husbandry I think these snakes are quite a bit more hardy than some people believe they are.

Regards,

B

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Originally Posted by gardenfiend138

When I feed live, I have my :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty little snake hook handy. It works great to restrain feet that are kicking/ scratching, and can even hold the mouth open if it is biting. They should market those :cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r:ty zoo-med collapsible snake hooks as rat hooks instead!

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lol..?

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Originally Posted by Melody

lol..?

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hah...I didn't realize there was an auto-censor on here, I can't believe I've refrained from vulgarities so long! Crappy would have been a better descriptor I guess.

You may want to consider clipping the top and bottom teeth if you are going to feed live. It is not that hard to do (wearing a kevlar glove gives confidence) and is not that dramatic to the rat. If the snake does not eat it, the teeth grow back.

Before anyone starts yelling CRUELITY, if you are careful it is not big of a deal.
Besides, it's a food item. Better the rat than a bite to the snake's head or eye.

You could also stun or pre kill. My female will only take live and I refuse to feed live. I lost a RTB to a lg rat.
Cervical dislocation (breaking their neck) leaves them kicking in a death twitch for a couple min as the body dies. So its the compromise I've come to with her. I'm still trying everyother feeding to get her switched to f/t.

I'm in an apartment and limited with space and I don't want to fill the limited space I have with rodents. My rodent supplier charges 2.50 sm rat f/t or a fresh one from f'n Petco for 7.50 so getting her on f/t is a priority for me.

my pastel got but once the same way, but it left no punctures or nothing. But i remember one thing a member on here said, which i remind myself with alot of things when it comes to my bp, and that is, you have to remember, these are animals that are prepared for that, i mean ball pythons have survived in the wild for ages, and they dont get f/t in the wild. They live in mite infested caves, and eat whatever comes there way, and yes, they get bit in the wild and they survive....

Its not to say u cant baby them, but u have to also remember what they are, and where they come from.