Thought I'd better introduce myself as things seem to be a bit shaky .

[John1982]

The recent thread " Mouse bit my snake " has some interesting comments in it . Considering it is apparently so safe and natural and risk free it's kinda odd how many seem quite at ease giving out advice on how to treat the bites on the snake - almost as though these things are common place. Quite a few gory stories surfaced in there , just a pity they didn't contribute to the live feeding threads I was struggling in , I'm guessing peer pressure .

If you reread the first post in that thread you'll see that the OP was not monitoring the feed very closely. Besides this, that bite is about the equivalent of a skinned knee on a kid. Just because you treat something doesn't make it a life threatening catastrophe. Superficial damage that heals completely after a few sheds doesn't much count in my book.

Now, pictures like that would make acceptable ammunition for your anti-live campaigns. At least it's a "wound" that occurred during a feeding time strike unlike your last choice. Just have to find a way to spin this out of proportion and make it seem like that snake is on death's door.