My Male ball python has been refusing food lately, (resulting in an unexpected batch of seven baby rats) and recently started eating again, but earlier today was bit by a medium rat on the neck, and it's pretty swollen.

I do feed live, as he refuses to eat dead or frozen thawed, but I never leave a rat in the tank with him unsupervised.

He has been bitten before, but none have looked this bad. The swelling isn't hard, and he has let me rub some neosporin on it (hoping to prevent infection, read that that's what they do for smaller bites) so it can't be too painful, but Im still worried about him.

If anyone knows of a better treatment, please let me know! I'm very worried about him

I have pictures that I'll try to upload when I get to my computer.