I also don't agree with feeding live. Frozen is much better. Freezing kills the parasites that might live on/in the animal. A snake can get these parasites. Prepared snake foods also have all the essential nutrients and are much healthier.
As far as the snake getting something from the mouse, I'm not certain. Rats can carry strepticocci (sp?) bacteria and can give someone "rat bite disease" or "rat bite fever." But I have no idea about mice. Obviously any wound can get infected. I'd suggest putting some antibacterial substance on it that is safe for snakes. And I'd also suggest to stop feeding live. I don't know about mice but I know that rats can kill snakes. I wouldn't be surprised if a mouse could kill a smaller snake. (My rat would definatly kill a snake. He's vicious lol).
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