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#141150
Juma
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Rat Bite! Help 
My boy just ate and the rat gave him a little bite. It’s not deep but should I take him to the vet immediately?
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09/12/04 8:20pm
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#141152
BoaBabe448
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Message To: Juma In reference to Message Id: 141150
Rat Bite! Help
is it bleeding? post a picture if it isn’t too graphic.
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09/12/04 8:21pm
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#141155
Juma
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Message To: BoaBabe448 In reference to Message Id: 141152
Rat Bite! Help
my camera is dead so i can’t get a pic, but it is bleeding. It stopped bleeding as far as i can tell.
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09/12/04 8:26pm
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#141166
BoaBabe448
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Message To: Juma In reference to Message Id: 141155
Rat Bite! Help
call the vet, if it is an open cut it could get infected, they cn give you antibiotics.
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09/12/04 8:39pm
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#141170
Juma
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Message To: BoaBabe448 In reference to Message Id: 141166
Rat Bite! Help
Thanks BoaBabe.
I’ll take him to be on the safe side.
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09/12/04 8:44pm
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#141219
Eunectes4
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Message To: Juma In reference to Message Id: 141170
Rat Bite! Help
keep a clean cage and you need not worry about spending a ton of money on a vet that will not do a thing. try to feed ft food from now on and lower the risk by 100%. for live feeders..I keep a pen handy to stick in the mouth of a rat after the snake coils if the rat or mouse is in the position to bite my snake. rats have way bigger teeth than mice so if you can avoid feeding rats till you switch to ft that would be good.
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09/12/04 9:32pm
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#141316
Juma
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Message To: Eunectes4 In reference to Message Id: 141219
Rat Bite! Help
He refusses to eat ft, only live food.
He will eat mice but they don’t seem to fullfill his big appetite.
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09/13/04 1:37am
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#141452
Eunectes4
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Message To: Juma In reference to Message Id: 141316
Rat Bite! Help
feed more than 1..like 3 or 4
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09/13/04 12:18pm
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#143592
Pelota
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Message To: Juma In reference to Message Id: 141316
Rat Bite! Help
Never feed live. Sorry, but this is why people try to get their snakes on f/t, or atleast prekilled. So try prekilled next time. Don’t just lay it in front of him. You gotta use tongs or forceps and dance the rodent around like it’s alive. Also remember to warm it up under a heat lamp or something for a few minutes. They strike prey when it’s nice and warm. Between the moving of the dead prey item, and the warmth, it’ll trick him into thinking it’s just another live feed. Only much safer.As for that bite...put some polysporin on the wound and keep it clean until you can have a vet check it out.
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09/17/04 5:21am
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#148321
Juma
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Message To: Pelota In reference to Message Id: 143592
Rat Bite! Help
Took himto the vet, and he is fine. My wallet is empty but he is perfectly fine
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09/24/04 9:14am
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