Quote Originally Posted by Ranegyr View Post
instead of neosporin has anyone ever used bacitracin? pronounced bass-uh-trace-in. that's was i was instructed to use when i got my tattoo's and i've only used that since. it's supposed ot be better and they tol dme why but i forgot. it's been years

i'll check the lil guy out tonight.

oh and alcohol... really? isoprobyl alcohol? the pediatrician is telling us to shy away from that stuff. i've used it all my life but aparently new meds are better (at least for kids/us) than the old fashioned rubbing alcohol. it's not a big wound at all, hopefully i can find it. but i'll get the area all cleaned up. any ideas about the dangers of lightly swabbing a complete side of the neck for 3 - 4 inches? i mean if it't now bad and i cant find it... i was thinking about wiping the area down. i'll make sure the ventilation is really good cause the fumes get to me too. i can imagine what they do to him.

thanks all of you.

i'll let you know when i get home how bad/insignifigant it is.
I used to think Bacitracin was ok to use for tattoos also, it isn't. It is NOT OK to use because it has painkillers in it and it can mess up your tatoo. Painkillers can actually pull the ink out of the fresh tatoo and well... you see where I am going with that. You are only suppossed to use regular A&D ointment on a tatoo and that is it.

As for the snake just use polysporin. This animal is much smaller than we are and using a painkiller on it could potentially overdose it. Plus some animals just don't react well to it certain medicines. Like how you are never suppossed to give a dog ibuprofin(motrin/advil etc...) for example.

Edit: Also for the OP, if you are so worried about this why not try and convert to f/t? Unless you breed your own feeders its alot cheaper and easier for you(and the snake) and obviously much safer.