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people with diabetes that own snakes

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hellzgal24

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this may be a odd thing to ask but i have had type 1 diabetes for 4 years i have just gotten my first corn snake and i was wondering if any one with diabetes worried about getting bit and it getting infected?
 
I don't have diabetes, but I'm working on it:). Seriously, I've never heard of anything like that. But welcome to the forum never-the-less.

:cheers:

Chris
 
Hellzgal,
First off welcome to Cornsnakes.com and for getting your first Corn Snake. It will not be your last. ;)
I am diabetic as well, type 2 (adult onset) and I have been bitten once and I can tell you it wasn't to much of a concern. The wound healed up pretty fast and there was no sign of infection. I washed my hands right afterwards and the bleeding stopped. The teeth are much finer than your needles you use to inject yourself with your insulin. Now this bite was from an Adult Rosy boa, about the size of an adult corn snake.

If you look at your corn, you probably have a Juvenal. Its mouth is probably no bigger than the tip of your pinky. Getting bitten by that, well thats nothing. You wouldn't even feel any pain.

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But typically, corns are pretty gentle and very few are biters. I think you have nothing to worry, now if this was a king snake forum, thats a different story. ;)
 
By the way, that snake in the picture is only 40 grams, and it was not the one that nailed me.
It was this one.
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I have larger boids here as well, I might be a bit worried by my adult 15 foot burm if she nailed me but then again, a snake like that can cause deep tissue damage.
 
Hi and Welcome, I have a daughter with type 1 Diabetes I understand your concerns. I know there are people on here with type 1. Having been a nurse I know the smallest opening on the skin can become a problem. You could wear gloves if you are really worried. Honestly, I have had a mouse draw more blood then a snake.
 
thank you everyone for the help. i didn't think it would be much of a problem.

heres some pics of him/her/IT? im hoping to get some better ones soon
 

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I too am Diabetic & have no worries about a bite healing..
My 5.5 ft King nailed me and all healed fine
 
i had a king snake before i was diagnosed with diabetes (had to find him a new home do to money and having to move) and he never bit so when i got this snake a week ago i never thought about it tell now. so far hes not tried to strike hes a pretty shy snake
 
When they do bite (rarely), their teeth are very small, but sharp. So the bite tends to be very shallow, but bleeds more than you would expect, helping to clean out any germs on the skin. Any cut might be a possible ingress for infection, but a corn bite should be safer than a small bite or cut from most other sources. I have never heard of an infection from a corn bite, but letting it bleed a bit, and then washing it, is probably a good idea.
 
There's other animals that can draw a lot more blood and give much dirtier wounds, like cats. I have been bitten a few times by corns but it's a pretty low number considering how many I have and how long I've had them for.
I'm so sorry to everyone who has diabetes, or relatives with it. I lost a very dear friend to diabetes, it just wasn't fair she had to have that, she was so nice.
 
I don't know how a bite would affect someone with diabetes...
My grandpa died of diabetes and it took me alot to even respond to this thread.
 
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@snakesrule1234

im sorry to hear that you both lost someone close to you
i know how hard that is. and how much diabetes affects everyone close to you but all you can do is hope for a cure and keep going day today.and remember to always keep your loved ones close to your heart weather their here on earth or not
 
I have diabetes and have no worry about bites. I just keep a little peroxide around to wash the bite out as a preventative.
 
Hello and Welcome!!

I will echo what others have said here, there are many other types of wounds that I'd worry about more. I'm a Diabetes Nurse Educator, by trade. I'd simply look at being bit as another opportunity to test your blood sugar :dancer:

Enjoy!

-Tonya
 
SnakesRule1234 said:
I don't know how a bite would affect someone with diabetes...
My grandpa died of diabetes and it took me alot to even respond to this thread.
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Because people especially with type 1 Diabetes have poor circualtion to their extremities (hands and feet). So where a normal person gets a cut, it bleeds and the blood helps clean out the wound to a degree. Then good circulation brings healthy blood to the site with antibodies..... This doesn't happen in Daibetics as it does with non-Diabetics. Gang Green sets in easily, it is a very nasty thing.
 
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