There is nothing less productive than irregular antibiotic usage. This is why I shiver whenever prescriptions are recklessly made available by whichever means.
The other posts mentioned creating an optimal versus an adequate enclosure, which I whole heartedly agree with, and this will greatly help the next thing that should be done, and that is a vet visit to properly treat the injury/infection. In addition to injectable antibiotics, a proper examination should be done to reveal the extent of the injury and to consider if surgical debridement is necessary.
How is the snake generally doing? If this snake is otherwise acting ill, general diagnostics will likely need to be done to assess the animals condition (ie, bloodwork)

Good luck!
Ian

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