Lawn mower vs. Snake help! - Page 3

Terranaut · 09-30-13, 04:53 PM

Yup. I concur. Sorry

Akuma223 · 09-30-13, 05:35 PM

He has died on his own, he went down-hill fast

I wish I could have helped...

guidofatherof5 · 09-30-13, 05:44 PM

Sorry to hear that but considering the injuries it was for the best. That's for being concerned.

StudentoReptile · 09-30-13, 06:09 PM

At least you showed more concern for it than those two jackasses in Louisiana who made that ratsnake look like hellraiser.

alessia55 · 09-30-13, 06:41 PM

At least you cared... thanks for trying.

guidofatherof5 · 09-30-13, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by guidofatherof5

Sorry to hear that but considering the injuries it was for the best. That's for being concerned.

Let's try that again,

Thanks for being concerned.

Terranaut · 09-30-13, 08:00 PM

Yeah, I wasn't about to start an argument over it but I didn't think it had a chance considering the dead flesh.

sharthun · 09-30-13, 08:52 PM

A for effort!

drumcrush · 10-01-13, 06:04 PM

Trying is better than not trying at all. Decision to end the life of a helpless animal sucks:/

Derek Roddy · 10-02-13, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

Maybe a miracle happened and someone did save a rat snake hit by a car. But after total evisceration and no mention of antibiotics I'm pretty skeptical of it actually living even if it appeared better.

Not a miracle at all. Most snakes "trauma stress" is very high and, I've nursed many snakes in worse off shape than the one posted above plenty of times.

In fact, the one Black Rat I mentioned lived on our property for years to come afterward. Saw him every season.
Only thing used on any of these snakes was neo.

Now, that doesn't mean that the person caring for this animal had the experience necessary to nurse this one back to health. Obviously he didn't...and that's OK.
At least, they asked questions and whatnot but, for next time....you should get right to work on the animal and use your best judgment.
And of course, take note of his actual condition. Does he tongue flick, does he move normally, etc?....if all that is in check (despite what the wounds look like) they will do just fine under the right conditions.

Cheers,
D

Derek Roddy · 10-02-13, 11:21 AM

Case in point.

Here are some pictures of a "surgery" a friend and I had to perform on a hatchling BHP.

It was born with what is commonly called "hard belly" in which the egg yolk hardens inside the gut of the animal, making it impossible to digest food. They die with 100% certainty.

I didn't catch it until almost 2 weeks after he had hatched and, his "belly button" (umbilicus opening) had already closed almost completely.
We had to cut this animals umbilicus open about 2 inches and, using a probe and tweezers....pulled this mass out of the gut of this animal. He didn't even flinch though the entire ordeal. I mean no stress whatsoever as we dug this mass out of his gut.
Incredible.

He's doing just fine and is going to stay here with me. Eating and defecating just fine.

Here's the pictures.
The first is the mass

the second is the mass (above) and the remaining undigested yolk (bottom) that fell out of his gut after we got that yolk plug out. gross! Haha.

The last is the snake and the mass....you can see the cut we made (far right) to get the mass out.

We used neo and medical tape to get him back together and has been fine ever since.

Just a little patience and loving care will take care of anything.... As long as the spine is ok.

D