Last night my friend took out the trash. He paused, considered a spot on the ground and then demanded that i drop everything and come look. At his feet was a tiny snake (which i later determined to be the native "brown snake") who had been injured (perhaps by getting run over by the garbage can which rolls).

The little guy was trying to get away but couldn't really make it very far, as about 2/3 of the way down from his head is an area that appears damaged and punctured. He seems to be able to move the part past this area (like his tail) but he doesn't really respond to touch applied to the part past the injury, where he does respond to a gentle touch on his midsection. (i learned this after taking him inside and gently running water on his wound, and dabbing it very carefully with alcohol on a piece of sterile gauze). It looks pretty terrible, but it's not bloody. I gave him a plastic tub with wadded paper towels and paper towel substrate, and he's on a spare heatmat in my bedroom. This morning i went to check on him and he tried to book it out of the container. I scooped him up and put him back and noticed a very terrible-smelling clear liquid on my fingers and on the floor where he had been wiggling.

Basically, i want to know- should i try to rehab him or is he in so much pain (and so unlikely to survive) that i should just dispatch him? Does anyone know a wildlife vet that would supply him with some antibiotics for not too much money, if he stands a chance? I'm a poor college student and i haven't gotten my financial aid in yet, so i'm on a *very* tight budget at this very second.

Anyone know what that smell was??