Discovered last night that my pastel male was missing...tub ajar so I had presumably failed to close it the previous day. I scoured last night and again more thoroughly today with no success, but found him tonight hiding under the dishwasher and covered in cat bites. No major lacerations, but numerous (dozens) of punctures. His spinal cord appears sound, as he balled up tightly when I finally extracted him from the metal housing.

He will be seeing a vet tomorrow (there are no late night vets who see herps here in town), but what can I do for him in the meantime? He is back in his nice warm tub (he was very cold; temps here are below freezing and we have cement floors). Is it safe to wash the punctures with very dilute chlorhexadine, as I would with a cat bite to another mammal?

I am just devastated...he is such a nervous shy snake...moreso than the others, and I allowed him to become horribly injured.