Quote Originally Posted by Foschi Exotic Serpents View Post
No creams! Clear regular Bacitracin is your best friend. A more affordable substitute is clear regular Neosporin. No pain killer or additives at all. Bend his tail back slightly and try to get a tiny bit inside the vent. Then rub it on the outside. This will ward off any more infection. I have used Bacitracin for everything from stuck eyecaps to the occasional enflamed vent on a breeding male.
I should have specified that bacitracin and neosporin where what I meant. GOOD JOB, BIZ. I work for a pharmacy, so luckily I can get all this stuff on hand immediately, and double-check to make sure nothing is in there that I don't want on my poor snake --

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No. No, the one in the foreground.