I feed my BPs F/T whenever possible to avoid injury amoung other things. 6-7 days ago one of my big females struck a f/t rat in such a way that the rats sharp teeth in its open mouth pierced the lower lip of the snake! I was concerned about infection since rats can be rather dirty so i removed the water bowl temporarily to cut down on humidity and watched it, 2 days ago (the 28th) she did take another f/t however wasnt so keen to strike but ate it slowly off the cage floor (interesting if this was due to a memory/adaption based on the mishap last feeding but i maybe reaching here and i digress)...at no point has it seemed infected at all, no small/puss/swelling, as of today it was just the darkish i would expect of a healing wound, i cleaned the cage and applied a bit of topical antibiotic cream with a Qtip (is this ok?) just to be safe. So has this happened to anyone else with f/t? and is there anything else i can/should be doing? thanks!
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Help Needed! Strange/Freak Injury!
Earthworks
Oct 30, 2010 09:38 PM
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adamjeffery
Oct 30, 2010 10:58 PM
i have used neosporin on snakes with great results. but never near the mouth, im sure it would be fine on the outside of the lip. also make sure you dont use the medicated stuff, it makes snakes loopy!!
adam jeffery
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