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snake bitten by mouse

billysflower Oct 07, 2004 03:04 PM

My snake was bitten by a mouse two days ago i put some reptile healing gel on it but i am scared she will get infected does anyone know of anything i can do to prevent infection????

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Finnigan Oct 07, 2004 03:14 PM

Clean it with an antiseptic wash (Hydrogen peroxide) and use polysporin daily ... and maybe feed frozen thawed or pre-killed prey to avoid this happening again ... and again ...

Joel
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billysflower Oct 07, 2004 04:36 PM

polysporin?????? what is that and use hydrogin peroxide just once a day?? thanks snake refuses pre-killed mouse was stunned i thought but he woke up my big big mistake.

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