ball python ate

[Lagoon]

well my brother fed my ball python yesturday (I wasnt there at te moment) a mice that i had here that was bitten by another one and it kind of had a little infection on the bite wound like with dry puss. do any of you think it would harm my snake in any way. any advise would be greatly appreciated.

[malaysianbloods]

I'm not sure if it will harm your snake. I personally would not feed my snake a sick animal, but then again in the wild most predator animals go after the weak or sick animal (easy kill and does not take as much energy). I sure hope your ball will be alright.

[Lagoon]

thanks for replying but the mouse was not sick it just had dry puss on the base of its tail where it connects to the body

[alanhoo]

Not a good idea to feed the injured mouse.

Since it has happened, I believe your bp should be alright. Remember that bp has immune system just like us. Just a very very small risk.

[fedupdon]

i watched a sm western diamound back rattler feed on a road kill deer mouse that was pick while eatting and lived to get over 5' at the time of its death. i dont think that eatting a mouse like you described should hurt anything