Quote Originally Posted by Cobra Kai View Post
Do you think he will get an infection, like staph or salmonella?
It sounds like you did pretty good first aid. If this just happened today, and you didn't already do it, you might want to get him to the sink and really wash the bite site out with soap and a whole lot of running water. Then continuing the Neosporin while the wound heals certainly won't hurt.

You should probably take a look at the bite site twice a day for at least a week or so and make sure there's no redness, swelling, oozing from the wound, etc. If any of that happens, or any other general symptoms (tummy upset, loss of appetite, fever, just not seeming right) of course you'll want to get him to a doctor right away.

Snakes certainly can carry some nasties in their mouths, and I'm by no means a pediatrician or an infectious disease specialist - but maybe someone else here is! If you're at all unsure, obviously you should take him to the doctor instead of listening to any of us. (I suspect pediatricians end up treating parental anxiety much more often than actual pediatric illness anyway!)

Oh, and I think it speaks well of your parenting and effort to foster a love of animals that the kiddo reacted so well to the natural behavior of a scared snake!