How do you clean a bite???

muzixman · #1 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 04:07 PM

Every time I get bit I use ani bac. soap everything heals nice and then about two weeks later they come back almost like a pimple?? anyway I just figure there are still teeth in there any one else have this happen???? and what do you do???
Thanks Dennis

JuliusSqueezer · #2 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 04:11 PM

Be nicer to your snakes and they will stop biting you.

I dunno man...Unless it's a really really bad bite, I usually just wipe the blood off on my pants after scraping at it with my nail to make sure there are no teeth...and I've never had anything like that pop up later. Usually sometime that same day or by the next, I can't even tell where the little tooth marks are. Freaky...I should have died from a nasty infection a long time ago lol

muzixman · #3 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 04:18 PM

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Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer

Be nicer to your snakes and they will stop biting you.

LOL its funny out of 11 boas ive only been bite several time by the same one, maybe your right I think I will take him out for a night on the town

louise · #4 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 05:03 PM

since i got my new rescue i dont even bother cleaning the bites anymore either. what is the use? i couldn't keep up

buck2003 · #5 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by louise

since i got my new rescue i dont even bother cleaning the bites anymore either. what is the use? i couldn't keep up

LMAO!!

Bartman · #6 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 05:28 PM

I get bit at work all the time and the first time in happened I put hydrogen peroxide on it but after that I was just to lazy. Ive never had any problems with infection and all that.

eddie · #7 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 05:47 PM

Sounds like a low grade infection to me.
The bacitracin (triple antibiotic, neosporin) will only help with the surface germs.
Best thing to do is let it bleed out a bit, squeezing blood out if you have to as it will usually carry any germs etc out with it.
Then go for the bacitracin etc.

louise · #8 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 06:06 PM

buck i love your avatar. lol

muzixman · #9 (**permalink**) 08-13-2005, 07:20 PM

I do let it bleed out He never wins when I get bit I keep him out/get him out till he calms down He was a rescue and has always been nippy LOL
And they always heal real fast and will look totally gone then fester up later he keeps it up I will have to get him dentures J/K they do grow back dont they??

hisba · #10 (**permalink**) 08-15-2005, 07:26 PM

Sounds like a tooth stuck under your skin. I've had that happen with two bites. Once, the tooth was in there, I noticed about 4 days later, it was very annoying and bothersome feeling in my hand, I cut the tooth out (like taking out a deep splinter). The other time there was a tooth in my hand, it didn't really bother me, just a small bump, and it ended up going away (disolving I guess). Yes, the boas teeth withh grow back. I also like to check the inside of the snake's mouth a few days and then a week again after if I get bit, to make sure there are no infections or tooth problems happening as well for the snake.

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