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13-Dec-05, 01:27 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-05 Location: NSW | | | Love Bite Leaves Tooth in Girl
One of the gang gave me a goodmorning nip this morning and unfortunately left one of her teeth behind. Will she be ok? She had The Cankor when I first got her, is there a chance she may get it again because of this, or develop some other sort of nasty infection? Is there anything I can do for her?
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13-Dec-05, 01:31 PM
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Keep an eye on her just in case.. She should be fine though.
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13-Dec-05, 01:33 PM
| | Moderator Moderator | Join Date: Jun-03 Location: Sydney, NSW,Australia | | | |
Lilly,
She will be fine.
Just monitor her mouth daily if you are concerned, but she shouldn't get Canker(Mouth Rot) again just from losing a tooth or two.
Neil
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13-Dec-05, 03:07 PM
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Worry about your hand Lilly. Give it a good flush out.
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13-Dec-05, 03:11 PM
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I would be concerned that the snake may now have a case of food poisoning  :wink:
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13-Dec-05, 03:11 PM
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I ran it under water for a fair while. Is that all I should do? It's not the worst bite I've had, but definately hurts the most.
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13-Dec-05, 03:21 PM
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I would be concerned that the snake may now have a case of food poisoning
| Thanks for the vote of confidence in my cooking abilities, OliveH!
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13-Dec-05, 09:40 PM
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When i get bitten...see my nicname..it happens often...i get some dettol on a tissue and give the bite area a good antiseptic rub down. Don't die Lilly!!
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13-Dec-05, 10:30 PM
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No dying! I found out why it hurt so much... there was ANOTHER tooth embedded in my finger still. Oh my poor snake! She lost two teeth and it was all my fault. I feel so guilty. Forget dettol, I should be rubbing salt and lemon juice into it!
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13-Dec-05, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by reptililian No dying! I found out why it hurt so much... there was ANOTHER tooth embedded in my finger still. Oh my poor snake! She lost two teeth and it was all my fault. I feel so guilty. Forget dettol, I should be rubbing salt and lemon juice into it! | i wouldnt be to concerned about the snake loosing afew teeth in a bite, it is fairly common for snakes to loose teeth even in preycapture, so i wouldnt stress
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13-Dec-05, 11:51 PM
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Thanks Tommo. I'm glad you wrote that because I just pulled out a third piece of tooth that had been buried in my finger! (Is this a frequent occurance for herpers??) I guess all the swelling had forced it out. The finger is looking pretty nasty. But I checked The Curious Cat and she seems fine.
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14-Dec-05, 07:10 AM
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Snake and girl will recover fine as others have said. There have been a number of articles in Herpetofauna (and probably elsewhere) over the years examining snake scats and they always find teeth from the snake.
Brian Barnett got a "love bite" from one of his scrubbies years ago which left his footware stapled to his foot with scrubby teeth.
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14-Dec-05, 08:54 AM
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Am recovering already, Herptrader! My finger is looking great this morning. It just didn't like having snake teeth in it, that's all. Ew, don't like the sound of Brians nip. Ouch!
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14-Dec-05, 09:01 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Central Coast NSW Age: 22 | | | |
dont mean to sound like a sicko, but, Got any pics???
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14-Dec-05, 09:34 AM
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Gilleni, you read my mind. They would be pretty interesting to see.
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