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Corn bit himself

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Audrey87

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Hi,

My corn bit himself while feeding today.. was too excited with the pinkie that he bit himself.. he pretended to attack the pinkie but missed and bit his own body. i think he sank his teeth in pretty deep coz i saw him struggle to pull his fangs out.

Now im looking for the wound and i cannot find it.. is there a cause for worry? will the wound heal by itself since its self inflicted?

what should the next step be? Should i clear all his aspen? BTW this happened about 10 hours ago.. he seems quite unaffected by the wound. coz he continued to finish that pinkie and eat another.
 
Now im looking for the wound and i cannot find it..
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Probably because his "fangs" are less than a millimetre long. I doubt he broke through the scales. If you can't find the wound then there probably isn't one. I wouldn't worry.
 
OH REALLY?!

oh bitsy.. u dunno what it means to me to have seen what u said.. now i can sleep peacefully.. HAHA..

u mean corn's fang are so short?! but he appeared really stuck onto himself.. no wonder ppl said that a corn's bite is like being attacked by angry velcro..

btw, he is about 1 yr old.. 2 feet long.. does it make a difference..
 
Yep - the teeth are still tiny-wee, even at that age. They don't have to be long enough to inject venom or big enough to kill, they just need to hang onto a small animal for long enough to throw a coil or two round it.

An adult might draw tiny pinpricks of blood if it bites you, but I guarantee you won't be able to see anything after an hour.
 
Uh, everyone realizes corn snakes don't have fangs, right?

I've had corns bite themselves when going after their food also. Never saw any blood or other signs of a puncture. But it can be difficult to disconnect their teeth, though....
 
Yea, my adult female Blossom does that all of the time. She thinks anything that moves is food! And I think she is a reincarnation of a king snake and doesn't know it because she attacks everything!
 
Kronos said:
Uh, everyone realizes corn snakes don't have fangs, right?

I've had corns bite themselves when going after their food also. Never saw any blood or other signs of a puncture. But it can be difficult to disconnect their teeth, though....
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LOL i was just going to say... "you mean teeth, not fangs right?"
 
My female hognose bites herself on a regular basis. She actually DOES have fangs and has made herself bleed on several occasions, but she's always healed up fine.
 
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