Snake lost teeth... question

[Shad0w]

Greetings all..

Okay.. count on me for wierd situations :)

here's what happened:
I got tagged so hard last week that it left all (or most) of its bottom teeth and some of its top teeth embedded in my hand... (I pulled back... reaction :( )

I know that snakes lose/shed their teeth and they grow back... so far his mouth looks clean, no infection/redness etc.. just no teeth in his bottom jaw.

SO... anyone have this happen and how it it turn out?

He has struck at me a couple of times since and just gums me... with maybe a couple of pricks from his top jaw.

Im wondering how itll affect his eating.... and how this will work out...

[wetlander]

yikes... I've never had that happen. I would be worried about infection. I hope someone can help. Good Luck

[BoidKeeper]

If it was me I would leave him alone and not feed him for about a month. I would want to make sure that there is no open sores in his mouth that infection could get into.
I may be totally off here but that would be my first reaction.
Cheers,
Trevor

[bistrobob85]

Me too. I would defenetly leave him alone completly for a good while before you put either food, either your flesh into his mouth!

phil.

[Shad0w]

Cool.. thats exactly what Im doing...
Gunna leave him alone for a good month.. he's got plenty of weight to carry him through.. :)

Might give time for new teeth to come in anyhow...
I hear that USUALLY with most snakes new teeth will slip into place around 10 days after losing a tooth.

[Shad0w]

bump...

Anyone else chime in on this situation?

[mannannan]

I've had the exact same thing happen a few times, although not with atb's... What I did was cover the cage windows with 'curtains', as to not disturb or stress the animal in its healing.
This method is something I use for quite a few ailments, as well as to new vacants arriving here.
I check on the toothless ones using red light during nighttime to check for any serious swelling of the mouth.
I never feed during 'cover-up', and very rarely handle the subject animal. The only times I handle them is if they seem to be very swollen in or around the afflicted area, and then its just for a quich closer look and if neccesary, a trip to the vet's.

About 2 weeks to amonth seems to be sufficient in most cases. I know it's a very 'boring' way to treat it, as you cant enjoy their beauty in the meantime, but from my experience, isolating them from stressing input really does a lot.

Good luck with your little parient, I really hope he gets better,!

/Quensel

[Shad0w]

mannannan,

thanks... sounds good.. thats exactly what Im doing.. just glad to hear from someone that has dealt with this.

Anyone else?