Rat bites snake eyes and head

[just2frosty]

Okay I'm new to owning snakes and I got a pastel a week ago. Hes four feet long and has been eating large rats. I bought him one today and by reading the title you guessed it. he got bit in his eyeball and on his scalp hard. His eye was bleeding for a good five minutes its all red now he also has a decent sized cut on his head that is not really bleeding all that much but it still looks painful and i seen his skull. I have no money to take him to the vet. I have owned monitors before and am in the process of taking my black throat in for a variety of things. So I'm broke. Is there any way to treat this sort of thing? at home and about his eye will he be okay? I don't want the feed him frozen food stuff. hes hooked on live. his previous owner and pet store I bought him from fed him live all his life I have tryed and he will not eat frozen. Any help tips anything? His eyes pretty messed up its all red. He is probably blind in that eye now. But any help please would be appreciated! Pics will be up if i can get close enough with my phone. Thanks.

[satomi325]

I hate to be direct, but if you can't afford vet care, you can't afford the snake.

Get that guy to the vet asap. Use diluted betadine to sterilize and clean the wound.

And feeding large rats to ball pythons is a no no. Most would be medium. Feed smaller and more frequent meals to avoid feeding large and less often. Live large rats are highly dangerous.
I feed all my adults small rats weekly. And to my big girls, a couple small rats in one shot.

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[camel]

Please please get him to a vet asap. Sell stuff if you have to, CD's, stereo, whatever. He has to get to a vet if his eye bled and you could see the skull

[1nstinct]

Agree 110% if you can not afford to take it to the vet in cases like this you need to find it a home where the new owner could be able to take it to the vet.
Why can't you feed it F/T? He will not eat it then you need to try smaller meals, and try P/K. Med rats are as big as you need, try a med and a small rat and that would be able to fill them up. You need to get him to the vet, and deal with the price it is going to cost.

[mechnut450]

vet is a must ( you might get lucky and save theeye then) . as for feeding why not try prekilled or stunned food that a little smaller. my live guys will take a prekill or a rat that spazzing in death 95% of the time

[just2frosty]

I could afford the snake if my monitor (which is way more important to me) wasnt all types of ill. Once again he will not eat frozen thawed or pre killed. and thats the size rats they have been feeding him at the store I decided to continue since he was doing good on them and looked healthy. Do not lecture me I asked for help with the snake. Not to be told about rats. Believe me I know they could bite. They have teeth.I also have a boa and My girlfriend owns another ball and he has never had any problems neither has my boa. They have never been bit ever. We do feed her ball mediums. since the store i got him from was feeding him large rats I decided to keep him on those. he hasn't ever been bit either. I am transitioning my boa to thawed though since he will eat anything. But really I came here to ask for help with the snake not to be lectured about rats. With all due respect please someone help me. Thank you. Yeah I will be selling things. He will probably be going friday. Thats when my vet I bring the reptiles to gets back.

[PorcelainxDoll]

If your monitor is more important to you then please do the lil guy a favor and give him to someone that will have no hesitation taking him to a vet! Welcome to pet care. If you cant afford a vet dont het an animal. That poor snake could die because you "prefer" your monitor.
Get him to a vet now! Or give him to some one who can!

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[just2frosty]

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[KTyne]

The people on here aren't trying to lecture you, they are trying to give you good advice that could save your snakes life. By the sounds of it this type of injury is NOT one that you could treat at home. If you tried he would most likely lose his eye and probably would get an infection in the eye and the head wound.
Please take him to the vet and if you can't pay them right away most vets will take payment plans especially if it's an emergency.

PS- bad rat bites can send PEOPLE to the hospital let alone a snake that gets hit with a bite on the face.

[just2frosty]

Why do you guys even bother replying if you have no help to offer me? He will be going to the vet on friday with my blackthroat like i just stated in that same paragraph until then he needs to be cared for am i not right. Thats pretty much what I need what I can do for him until then. yes my monitor is more important hes huge i had him since a baby unlike snakes. Monitors have emotions. They can show affection. They can learn their name. So yes he is more important to me than the other animals seeing as he is my oldest animal. so it would be awesome if instead of repeating what was said above in different words. A little help and care i can give to my pastel until I get him to the vet Friday. when she returns from her vacation. thank you. hopefully I will get a decent response.