Cat saliva hosts a lot of nasty bacteria. When a cat bites someone in the salon I work at, it's IMMEDIATE grounds to send that groomer to the ER, even if it's just a little nip. Big dog mauls me and I don't need a doctor but a cat's tooth breaks skin and off to the ER I'll go!Didnt realise cats have "venom". Is that like cat scratch fever?It causes BAD infections...I've had two massive blood infections from cat bites, one of which nearly killed me.
My advice is to NOT put neosporin or anything like it on the wounds until the vet can see it. Puncture wounds hold bacteria in them, and if you put antibiotic cream on them like neosporin, it can heal the wound from the outside IN, causing abscesses and all sorts of much worse issues than the original wound. The wounds need to heal from the inside OUT, if you have it available I'd thoroughly rinse the wounds with sterile saline solution and then letting them drain until you can get this poor snake to a vet. If you don't have access to sterile saline or have no way to flush the wounds (just pouring it doesn't do anything) then just keep the snake quiet and still until you can get him or her to a vet.
I'd be insisting that the vet see the animal IMMEDIATELY, no waiting for an appointment, btw. I'd literally take the snake in and declare it an emergency...with cat bites, you can't wait.
BTW, why ask others to share stories of escape and harm? Why not simply ask what if anything might help?
