Ball python was bit!

[Gc99]

I'm very sorry if I'm posting this on the wrong thread, I'm new here, and new to ball pythons in general, I've had two young ball pythons for around a month now (male yellow belly and female lemon blast, both around 20 inches) and two days ago my female ate a mouse (she will not take p/k but trust me i will keep trying until she does) and I was there to put feeding tongs on the mouse's mouth, but still it was able to bite my snake and im freaking out specially because i noticed today, two days later. The bite is on her left side, on the "neck", it penetrated the scales and all i see is pink flesh, its a very small bite, and she seems totally normal, but im very worried, so my question is, should i do something or should i leave her alone? Im going to post a picture of the wound later, and thanks in advance

[TurkeyPython]

I would at least rinse with saline. You can apply neosporin without pain relief if you have it, but being a very small wound just rinsing with saline should be fine. And if she's on a particle or loose substrate you might want to use paper towel so it doesn't stick to the wound

[Gc99]

She is on aspen, and there arent any particles in the wound even after two days, it just looks pink

[PitOnTheProwl]

Photos would help but my guess would be nothing to worry about.
Remember they are built to take care of their food.

[Eavlynn]

Pink is good, that means the tissue is healthy with no signs of infection. Reptiles heal slower than other animals, you likely won't see any major improvement until she sheds.

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[Gc99]

Pink is good, that means the tissue is healthy with no signs of infection. Reptiles heal slower than other animals, you likely won't see any major improvement until she sheds.

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I just prepared some saline solution and im about to clean the wound, and i ran to get neosporin (without pain relieve) should i use the neosporin or just the saline? Thank you for helping

[Gc99]

I took a picture but i cant seem to figure out how to upload it. I used some saline solution and then i applied some neosporin on the wound, and like i said, she is on aspen bedding. Any further help is appreciated.
P.S if you know how to post a picture let me know please

[redshepherd]

I took a picture but i cant seem to figure out how to upload it. I used some saline solution and then i applied some neosporin on the wound, and like i said, she is on aspen bedding. Any further help is appreciated.
P.S if you know how to post a picture let me know please

I'd switch her to a simple setup of paper towel and clean hides for now, to keep the environment sterile and avoid infection.

[Gc99]

Will do! Thanks. Also, how many times should i clean the wound with saline solution? Or apply neosporin?

[cchardwick]

Personally I'd give her a soak for about five minutes in a dilute solution of povidone iodine and water at about 90F. Make it up so it looks like really weak tea. I'd probably soak once every 3 days for maybe 2-3 times. That iodine is super safe for all animals, even for really deep wounds.

That's one reason I never like to feed live, too many bad news stories about snakes getting bit or losing an eye. If you need to feed live I'd suggest using a rat pup, one with the eyes still closed, should be about the size of an adult mouse and would be totally harmless. In fact that's probably the only rodent that I'd trust non supervised, could probably even leave it in there overnight. For my small king snakes I use live pinky mice and just put them in the tub in the evening. In the morning if they are still there I move them to another snake or put them back with the mouse mom. How many times did you try pre killed? Typically I can feed live once or twice and go back to prekilled and switch them over fairly easy (with a new snake). Once they have a few prekilled under their belt they are hooked. Frozen thawed is tougher in my opinion. It's hard to get a consistent fresh rodent of the right temp and smell. One bad frozen thawed and they can go off of feed for several weeks, one of the reasons I switched to all fresh killed rodents.