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Old 09-07-2007, 01:53 PM   #78 (permalink)
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Re: Please Help, lawnmower injury

Thank you MoJo.

Update:

The wound is completely closed up/dry and I actually just switched the paper towels over to dirt and a nice fern; I think the risk of infection is gone at this point in time.

As I type this I can see him struggling a bit as he's managed to get the last half of his body wrapped around a a bunch of twigs that I just put in there and he wants to go forward but can't seem to manage to unravel himself from the twigs, which is very annoying because it makes me want to go back to the original set up I had.

Again, I don't know if this is nerve damage or if the part of the body with the wound on it is just really sore and he's favoring it. If it's nerve damage and is destined to be an awkward "slitherer" for the rest of his life, then he's probably as good as dead if I ever let him go.

I took a video of him crawling around to see if anyone else notices anything slightly off that I'll upload later in the day.

He still hasn't eaten, at least I think he hasn't. Like I said last weekend I put a worm in with him and he either ate it and regurged or he pooped it out within a day. I plan on getting a bigger water bowl and putting some guppies in there over the weekend as well as switching back to my original set up. He's crawling around a lot in his new set up but it just seems to be a ton of work.

I don't know what to do with him. :?
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