Need Some Help!

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

I contacted Pattimus because his girl works at an animal hospital, he recommended sugar water and hemroid cream. I don't think this had an effect though, and I think the snake won't make it. I'll be releasing him tonight where I found him to give him back to the ecosystem. It's sad :(

Later, Matt

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No wildlife rehab center by you?

My friend's mom works at one, but they don't know much about snakes. They've never gotten one, so their knowledge must be as limited as mine. The snake is probably suffering from internal bleeding, and the intestines coming out are bloody. You think it could still be saved?

Later, Matt

Id personally would put it down which ever way your able to. The guy will suffer as intestines sticking out is never good and will cause infection internally due to not so clean air.

Im not sure if freezing them or CO2 is better as i never put a snake down.

I've only put a snake down once before, and it was a wild Nerodia clarkii. It had been hit, a lot worse than this one, and we made sure to really drive over it so that it was completely dead. I didn't like it, but I know I did a good thing.

Later, Matt

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Originally Posted by DutchHerp

My friend's mom works at one, but they don't know much about snakes. They've never gotten one, so their knowledge must be as limited as mine. The snake is probably suffering from internal bleeding, and the intestines coming out are bloody. You think it could still be saved?

Later, Matt

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Probably not.

We have a rehab center about a mile from the house and I've taken several injured snakes there. Some have been rehabbed - some fed to the raptors or other snakes.

Last year one of my crews uncovered a yellow bellied racer that was hibernating in an unpaved shoulder. The blade on the grader tore him up pretty bad.

I was able to get him to the rehab center later that afternoon. The on-duty vet got a look at him and pretty much told me that while they could try to treat his injuries, they had no room to house him as a patient.

They cleaned him up and stapled some of his more serious wounds shut and sent him home with me. Every Friday for about two months I took him back to the center for evaluation. After about 10 weeks he was pronounced as officially "rehabbed".

While they could not accomodate him as a patient, they were able to house him as a captive. He still reisdes there today.

What I've learned is (1) snakes beyond help are euthanized and fed to other animals - especially raptors. (2) snakes that are healed are re-homed or kept at the center - the place doubles as a wildlife museum.

If you don't have the option of taking him to a wildlife clinic that can treat reptiles, perhaps see if they'll euthanized him for you.

My friend Tom might be able to feed it to a coral of his... I'll see, but I'm pretty sure he can't be healed because of his intestines are coming out :(

Later, Matt