I think he did a good thing. It's something that as a large breeder I'm sure he's seen more than a few times. To say he cares about his animals is really an understatement. He obviously weighed out all the pros and cons and knew what he needed to do. When you deal with a large amount of animals you learn things. You learn the best ways to do things and you know you can do them. Should the average Joe do things like this absolutely not. Should Ralph Davis who has been breeding these animals for 20 something yrs or more and dealing with the various emergencies that come with them yes. The average Joe keeping a ball or two probably will not come into contact with a situation like this. I say probably bc who knows what could happen. But the only thing I think Ralph could have added was one of those hey don't try this at home. Beyond that I think we missed the beginning procedures he went through. He obviously keeps a clean environment and I'm sure he did what he needed to do by sterilization. They did put on some paroxide after the stitching was done to further clean the newly stitched wound. These animals though have an amazing system and different immunities or tolerances to bacteria. The animal never missed a meal even after what she went through. So everything was done the way it needed to be hence why the animal didn't get any offset infections. I know now on my fourth year breeding that I myself have seen a baby with a similar problem although not as bad. When you are a breeder or even care for a large amount of animals it's important to learn what to do in the way of different medical emergencies. Running them off to the vet can actually create more stress, for a newborn hatchling that's already weak this can be more detrimental to it's health. It was a judgment call and instead of just freezing it he did exactly what a vet would have done. Without the office service charge, gloves, and suture kit.
Throwing in mho.