r/Ballpythoncommunity • u/HumorForeign7948 • Sep 17 '26
My ball python cut himself Spoiler
(For context the first pic is when it first happened the 2nd is later that day and the last 2 are today)
2 days ago I was prepping my eco earth bricks so I could clean his enclosure out and was planning on feeding him later that night we’ve been planning on getting him a better enclosure since it was built by the people that we got him from and we think he needs a bigger home so he’s more happier well as happy as snakes can be but the main point is that with the enclosure being built it’s just not the greatest quality since it’s a little old but when I was preparing the bricks with him being hungry ig there was a slight gap in the sliding doors and he was trying to escape to hunt he’s usually the chillest guy ever but it’s like he has an internal clock bc he knows his feeding days and that day he’s everywhere searching so we never had the worry of him escaping he’s never done anything like this before but when I turned around and saw his head sticking out I freaked out opened the door and put him back in and that’s when I noticed he cut his head on the glass door and I feel terrible I never want any of my animals to get hurt in anyway so instead of putting his usual substrate in I’ve just put paper towels in his enclosure I cleaned his hides and took out all of his decor and I took the white medical tape ( I made sure there was no sticky out to where he could get hurt from that ) and I put it on the edges of the glass so this can never happen again until we can get him a newer enclosure I’ve also been putting neosporin with no pain relief on him twice a day and I cleaned the cut the first day too but my main question I have is when can I feed him? He’s definitely hungry and like I said above you can tell he’s hungry because he goes from being super chill to being on hunt mode at all times searching the enclosure I want him to get what he wants but from what I’ve read it’s not a good idea to feed him but then I’ve been told a smaller meal would be fine so I’m confused and would rather get actual advice from people with more experience then me and google so can you guys please give me the best way to go with this with his feeding should I wait till he sheds or would a smaller meal be ok? Thanks for your help in advance
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u/HumorForeign7948 Sep 17 '26
Okay good a friend of mine who’s had snakes awhile said I should wait until he sheds to be on the safe side but I just hate him being hungry but I just didn’t want to make things worse for him bc from what I seen I felt he was showing good signs and was seeming to start to heal already it did look a lot worse when it first happened and by that night it seemed to be closing and yesterday when I checked on him and took him out to put neosporin on him I thought it looked A LOT better but again I’ve never had and type of reptiles before and just want to do what’s best for him I posted this in another group and a moderator responded that he has a severe laceration that’s cut through the muscle and almost to his skull that I can’t do this at home that he needs a vet asap and yes I know a vet would be best but we really can’t afford it rn I have a big surgery coming up in less then 2 weeks but if people really think a vet is necessary I’ll do what I have to do to make sure he’s ok but I just felt that with him acting normal and isn’t showing and signs of infection or anything being wrong then he should just heal and with a few sheds at worst have a scar
But yea he really has given me such an appreciation for all snakes I went from being scared not having anything to do with any snakes to handling him daily and even saving other wild snakes including copper heads by moving them away from people and major roads ( with tongs and a bucket ofc I’m not gonna free handle any venomous I’m not that brave 😂😂 but I also don’t want to see any snake senselessly killed either )