Dab some peroxide in it and I'm sure you will live.

My mom is an RN and thankfully knows enough to know that ball pythons are not venomous, but because she is an RN, she has seen the horrors of all kinds of infected animal bites and therefore is terrified that my snake will bite me and I will lose an arm. Yes, that can happen with a raging secondary infection. Very rare worst case scenario, but yeah sure, it is possible, just not probable. I showed my mom that I have a bottle of hydrogen peroxide and and a tube of Neosporin under my sink for such an emergency like a ball python bite. Yeah, peroxide and Neosporin, seeerrrrious supplies there.

But, it is very true that when such a simple measure as a dab of two cheap drug store products can make a HUGE different in outcome if you happen to be unlucky, we would all be dumb not to use them. Any one of us who happened to end up in the ER with a secondary infection after a bite that we didn't bother to clean would just be affirming our friends and family's fears. So let's all proudly show off our battle wounds to each other, but don't skip out on 90 seconds of basic first aid!