im not a professional snake killer, but one hit, is all it took, do you want details and splatter distand, not to be an arse, but it was quick swift and metally not a walk in the park we have an emergancy vet, not specializing in herps but a vet, called and told the situation, on 65:00 to put it down, now if it was less than 200, to make it well.... well i could swing that and not have gas for a while. but the vet told me the same thing here, it would be almost impossble for it to make a full recovery, it wasn't a herp specialist but the work on normal problems, RIs, and smaller stuff, but with all the advice here. im not rich and im not poor, but im no gonna pay half 100 bucks to do what i can do..