Foood Fight

[guidofatherof5]

Today was a feed day for my group of largest female radixes.
Speckle dominates this paddock but she got into a fight over a pinky. Before I knew it I had blood dripping off her face at a pretty good pace.
I first tried to apply some pressure to the cut with a paper towel but that was doing no good.
I took her out of the enclosure and applied s styptic pencil to the wound for about 30 seconds. Speckle wasn't too happy about this but stayed with me.
I'll let the cut dry out a little and then apply a coating of A+D ointment.
She returned home and downed another 5 pinkies.

[mikem]

When it's feeding time, things can definitely get a bit vicious, haha! Glad it's nothing too serious.

[ProXimuS]

Poor girl! But like Mike said, I'm glad it's not really bad.

[chris-uk]

I'm still waiting for the first blood to be drawn around our feeding times. With no more than two in a viv it's easier for me to supervise. That sort of wound is fairly superficial, right Steve?

[guidofatherof5]

I'm still waiting for the first blood to be drawn around our feeding times. With no more than two in a viv it's easier for me to supervise. That sort of wound is fairly superficial, right Steve?

Yes but it produced more blood then I expected.
I think her heart rate(blood pressure) was up due to the fight and it being feeding time.

[mark cope]

When I'm feeding Neo,Martha comes upto the glass in her viv,and if Neo doesn't take his second pink she looks out sort of expectantly....as if to say I'll have it if he won't.

[Light of Dae]

Glad she's ok. Beautiful Radix face.

[kueluck]

ouch........poor girl, but good to know she is in good hands. And I guess I'll be adding A+D ointment to my snake first aid kit. Is there a certain brand or just look for A+D ointment.

[guidofatherof5]

ouch........poor girl, but good to know she is in good hands. And I guess I'll be adding A+D ointment to my snake first aid kit. Is there a certain brand or just look for A+D ointment.

Generic works just fine.
Vaseline, zinc oxide, hibiclens, silver sulfadiazine and mineral oil are all good to have around.
My Vet. wrote the script for the silver sulfadiazine and Sam's Club filled it for $4

[kibakiba]

I loooove a+d... I stopped seeing it around here though. It's pretty much the same as neosporin and polysporin, etc... But when I was a kid a+d worked better it seemed.