Anataresia snake fight/bite advice

[pythonmum]

I've housed a stimson female and a maculosus male together for 4 years. Tonight when I was thawing mice on top of the cage (which I'll never do again) the maccy got over-excited and latched onto the stimson. They were wrapping around/squeezing each other but eventually managed to separate without my help. It looked awful.

I washed the stimson in some warm water with a dash of detergent to see if she had any wounds, but she seems to have escaped with only two bent scales and no aggro. I think my daughter was more traumatised than the snake (her pet). Meanwhile, the maccy got quite a mouthful of sand, so I'm not sure if he damaged anything while trying to let go of her in the tussle.

After everyone (especially my kids) had settled down, I fed the snakes in separate cages and they both were happy to have their mice. Should I worry about any injuries? I'm afraid that if the maccy has trauma to the mouth he could get an infection down the track. Should I check his mouth in a few days to make sure it looks okay? Any advice is most welcome.

 

[GSXR_Boy]

Can i ask why you are keeping these 2 together???

 

[MrBredli]

They'll be fine. Keep them in separate cages from now on - you just learnt your lesson.

 

[pythonmum]

Can i ask why you are keeping these 2 together???

Same size, good temperaments, nice big cage - had no problems. We keep them warm all winter so we don't have any little hybrid eggs to worry about.

 

[thesilverbeast]

what about the possibility of next time when you aren't there and something worse happens?

 

[Jonno from ERD]

G'day,

Eventually you will end up with one fat snake, instead of two regular sized snakes. I suggest seperating them ASAP.

Cheers