OMG I am so so so tired of ppl that preach F/T.....there are pros and cons to live and F/T. There are about 832 ( Im exaggerating of course) threads on here and all very passionate....but the quite frankly I have never seen the ones that feed live push it on ppl like the some of the ppl that feed F/T. Good grief it is a personal flippin choice.
yes with live you take a risk of your snake getting bit. However you can minimalize this with pre-killing right before. Or heavily stunning it...(which some ppl think is more dangerous) or supervising and making sure the prey is dead before you walk away.
however there have been deaths with F/T as well....for instance....the nails on F/T stay much harder than those of live. Also I have never done the research but it could...(I say could) loose nutrients being due to the freezing and how long has it been frozen...do you REALLY know.
On the other hand...freezing could kill any bacteria....
I mean I could go on and on with things like this. But again the bottom line is personal choice.
I choose live...I personally like going to the reptile store for feeders every week...it is a fun trip for me. I also do not like to thaw out the mice...for me it is kind of nasty. Just my thing....plus I only have 5 but that will triple by the end of the year I am sure. I cannot even imagine having to thaw that many out. Also I believe that it is much more natural for my snakes and I believe they like it better....again a personal thing with me.
This whole OMG never never feed live look at the horrific pictures....drives me totally bananas and quite frankly starts to really annoy me to a point where it clearly makes me a little testy.
Now to the OP.....if there was no blood your snake is probably fine. Just keep up with the cleaning. I personally use bactine as I heard from a friend that is very close to one of the leading reptile vets out here in AZ that it is better than neosporin. Again.....personal choice. That is one of the great things about America....we have the ability (in most cases) to make our own choices.
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