Help! Mouse bit my Ball Python

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Ralph got bit by his lunch, but it's not that bad (I hope). There is very little, if any, blood, but there is a small nick where he got bit.

He finished eating the mouse, and, so far, he is acting normal.

What should I do? I plan on completely cleaning/disinfecting his cage, putting some neosporin on the nick....but what else should I do.

I plan on knocking these mice out before dropping them in with him...but he never would eat anything unless it was first moving.

Thoughts/opinions?

[Thor26]

make sure there is no pain killer in the neosporin and i wouldput him on paper towels for a while

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Ok...so I washed Ralph's injury with a mild anti-bacterial soap, rinsed him off thoroughly, dried him off, and put some Neosporin on the site.

I also thoroughly cleaned out his cage with a bleach solution, am washing all of his hides/water dish, and going to line his cage with white paper towels and elevate the temperature a bit and lower the humidity a smidge.

Is there anything else I should do?

His bite is really just a nick, but it's a tad bit red/inflammed at the site where it just happened...but it really isn't a big bite at all, it's more like he got stuck by the mouse's teeth. Nothing is ripped off and there is no flesh missing at the site.

[Mike Schultz]

should be fine, this happens in the wild all the time and the snakes get over it (ever seen the scars on a adult WC python? )

[simplechamp]

Yeah, it should be fine. Like lizardofozz said, they survive much worse out in the wild with no neosporin or disinfected habitat or constant monitoring.

[rabernet]

I don't worry about nicks like that, and that's the worst that I might get when feeding live (I've fed live for over three years, and thousands of feedings). Something like that wouldn't cause me to start stunning prey (which I personally find a bit inhumane).

Sounds like his scales did their job in protecting him.