Yesterday I was doing some maintenance and noticed this on my male spider. Anyone have any clue as to what it might be?

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it looks like a rat bite.

That's what I thought, I had just feed the day before.
I'm gonna try to get this guy on f/t rats!

Puberty?

Puberty?
Now that was funny:master::master::master:

Poor thing, looks painful :(

That doesn't really look only a day old, but does look like a bite???

Looks more like a rub that got infected to me. Has he been poking around the top of his tub or cage a lot lately?

Looks like a bite to me.. Maybe while getting the big squeeze, the rat got him from a funny angle..? He's a trooper though..

Puberty?

Carlos, what do you know about snakes, I bet you still cant get Old crispy to eat yet! J/K


That doesn't really look only a day old, but does look like a bite???

I feed him Thursday, I just noticed it yesterday but ya I think its a bite mark.


Looks more like a rub that got infected to me. Has he been poking around the top of his tub or cage a lot lately?

I haven't seen him rubbing at all since I noticed the wound, It isn't infected, I don't see any swelling, I think its a bit mark.

Bite...

Carlos, what do you know about snakes, I bet you still cant get Old crispy to eat yet! J/K

Don't you laugh at me, we ALL have a lot to learn. Can I send Crispy to you to get him/her started?

Seriously, the spider has a matching wound just opposite the bigger one. Looks exactly like what would be left if a rat's incisors grabbed a hold right there. Top and bottom set.

That's what I thought, I had just feed the day before.
I'm gonna try to get this guy on f/t rats!


Naaaah...just get a decent sized pair of hemostats for those situations...:devil:

..and if they are sitting there waiting for the rat when you pull open the tub,..then just make sure they hit it in the head (just use the built in handle on the rat)...and judge that distance correctly! lol



Tell your vet what happened and ask for some silvadene cream to apply to his wounds...(I had this happen to a co-dom female and she recovered like a vampire with that stuff!)

If you look at the pic I dont know if its the way your holding the snake, but it looks like on the side nearest the top theres some swelling going on there. I would say its more than a day or two old by the scabbing.
What has worked well with me and I keep in general for all the reptiles in the house is a bottle of betadine and non pain relieving neosporin. you can take either and dab on with a q tip. Or both if your like me. Silvadine would work well too. I have used that as well.