This is from a poster on another forum (i won't mention the name)

My corn just got bit by my other corns food (a big rat) I thought he was preocupied with his mouse but he went after the rat and got bit pretty bad in his mouth, i'm putting him in a temp. tank untill tomarrow when I can get him to the vet, should i have damp paper towles or dry ones in there with him???? and is there anythng i can do??? I washed all the blood out of his mouth, and gave him a warm bath...what sort of antiseptics can i use...I have tea tree oil, can i use that??? Someone please write back i'm in a panic!
they are all valid Q's and this is what she got in respons from some guy


Posted by: Gargoyle420 at Mon Dec 15 23:23:47 2003 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]

Let me get this strait.You have 2 different size corns in one enclosure and your feeding live rats to one of them?For starters you need a boot put up your @$$ for feeding a live rat to any size corn.What are you using for brains?You broke every rule in the book ten times over.Rat bites to the mouth can be a death sentence if they get them good enough.

1. For starters seperate your corns before feeding!!!!
2.Never feed a live rat to any corn snake period!!!
3.Get that wounded snakes mouth open and access the damage!!
4.If there are deep puntures,broken bones,etc,get it to a vet!!
5.Watch for infections,there will be swelling,look for puss.
6.If your snakes dont like frozen,use fresh killed and tease
feed with tongs.
7.If your snakes survives use this as lesson never to feed oversized dangerous prey to a tiny cornsnake.
8.Reread all cornsnake caresheets and retain some of there knowledge.
Now this guy is right but why does he have to be so mean about it?
any way i'm just so glad no ones like that on here
i was tempted to e-mail her and tell her to come join this site as we would never treat anyone like that.