Urgent please help: Peaches got hurt

[zina10]

Okay so!
We took her to the vet, and the vet is happy that there are no broken bones. She's given us Metacam (an anti-inflammatory) to give to Peaches orally as they wouldn't let us inject it at home, and so the plan is to put it in a small weaned rat to give her each evening for the next few days. I'm not sure exactly how easy that's going to be... Would it just be easier to put it directly down her throat?
And would it be worth getting some Betadine to soak her in as well to combat infection from the outside?

I have to say, that does sound a bit odd to me.

Ball Pythons don't always eat when stressed. And they want you to feed daily for a few days? I'm not so sure you would want the snake to constrict with these wounds?? Or that the snake would want to. The wounds are further back, so perhaps it may be ok. You probably also don't want the skin to get stretched right now, though, as it will with several meals inside.

I'd be afraid that the snake would refuse to eat, and then the meds are wasted.

Back when I did "rescue", I often medicated directly into the mouth. It wasn't that hard, really.

However, you should listen to your vet, if anything, you can call them and discuss the treatment further.

Keep the wounds clean, dabbing them with a cottonball soaked in a weak betadine solution will sanitize them. Other then that, keep the enclosure very clean.

Let us know how things are going