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by footburm on March 6, 2003
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I have a large puff adder around 4 feet and I think she has poked herself with a piece of mulch in the mouth, I use aspen bedding does anyone know what I should put on this and what is the best way to do this?
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Anonymous post on March 6, 2003
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Depending on the severity of the injury, if it's minor, use a broad-spectrum antibiotic (Neosporin). Iodine is a better antiseptic, but I am unsure of any reactions by way of mouth (per os). Use a LONG cotton-tip swab. In my experience, snakes heal themselves remarkably well with proper environmental conditions and minimal medical procedures. Take a look at the packaging on the meds to see if the meds could be toxic (per os).
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by varivenom on July 24, 2011
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Keep in mind your talking about putting your hand within a foot of a 4 ft bitis. Not a very good place to be. Please be very very careful! A blow from a puffy that size will at least cost you the better part of that limb or worse. If you not absolutly 100% sure of your abilities dont attempt it. Especially alone. Just my 2¢.
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by Rob_Carmichael on July 24, 2011
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Very good advice as one mistake could cost your life. If you are not comfortable tubing/etc you can try a few things. With minor mouth infections, here's something I did once with a green mamba that I was trying to keep stress to a bare minimum with. I used a long plastic tube like those sold at www.tongs.com (you can get them cheap at hardware stores). Using a long catheter attached to a syringe containing a weakened betadine solution I could slip the syrine into the mouth of the snake and irrigate the affected area w/out getting anywhere near the snake (the tube was around 3 feet and the surgical catheter was just fed through this tube and I could use the sturdiness of the tube to get right up to the mouth - I taped the catheter so that it was sticking just outside of the tube to give it rigidity). It worked great and might be a good option for you to keep you safe.
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by AquaHerp on July 24, 2011
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Good advice all.
To piggyback on what Rob recommended...
A good trick is that if you don't have catheter tubes, use aquarium airline tubing. Hook the tube to a 5cc syringe and give your self a couple of extra feet to play with. The other eng you fashion into a loose knot (basically a one loop twist over). This way you can slip a hook through the loop to guide and steady the tubing. This keeps your hands away from the snake and works quite well. Incidentally, this is a great method for watering tree vipers as well.
Good luck-
DH
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by CanadianSnakeMan on July 31, 2011
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Yeah the catheters and aquarium tubing work great. For mouth sores iodine is safe and works very well. You can also mix it 1/1 with hydrogen peroxide. The peroxide gives it a broader spectrum of antiesptic action and the bubbling action helps the iodine get deeper into the wound, which saves you time and energy when working on a big (and probably very angry) snake.
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