Please Help, lawnmower injury

[KITKAT]

Great save thus far!

WC garters are sometimes stressed for a few days by being held captive, and in this case, you have the injury as a stressor too.

The tank looks fine to me, but a little bare. You might want to take some paper towels and shred them into strips, then sprinkle the strips around on the floor of the tank, to simulate substrate. Having something to burrow in will make him feel more secure.

Good luck with him/her!

[0TG]

Good idea. Although I'll probably use newspaper as I have a lot laying around.

Thanks for the encouragement, folks.

[0TG]

He's still doing fine, I apply the neosporin three times a day and will continue to do so for the next couple of days or so, then I'll probably only add it once a day as I want to give the wound a chance to dry out a little. But for right now I think the antibiotic is the most important thing.

He's very alert and is cautious about his surroundings, which is a good thing. He actually doesn't use his hides much, he's kind of always trying to look out of the tank to see what's going on. lol

[Howler]

Curious little bugger then huh? X3 At least he's active and alert, a very good thing indeed.

It's a bad fleshwound but I think other than that that's all it is as everyone else has been saying. He has a good chance of survival in your care I think and you're doing a good thing taking care of him.

Kudos. I hope to read up more down the line on how this baby ends up and see progress pictures perhaps? -grin-

--Nick

[0TG]

Originally Posted by Howler

Curious little bugger then huh? X3 At least he's active and alert, a very good thing indeed.

It's a bad fleshwound but I think other than that that's all it is as everyone else has been saying. He has a good chance of survival in your care I think and you're doing a good thing taking care of him.

Kudos. I hope to read up more down the line on how this baby ends up and see progress pictures perhaps? -grin-

--Nick

I'll take pics as things progress, yes. The wound is still pretty raw, but not quite as red as it was on Saturday so that's a good sign.

Question: when I go to feed this guy (will probably try a worm in another two or three days) should I try and hold the worm in front of his face using tweezers or should I take the bunched up newspapers and hides out and leave the worm in there with him for an hour or so?

[adamanteus]

It must be easier all round if he accepts food from the tweezers, so you got to try it. If not, leave it in with him.

[Howler]

Originally Posted by 0TG

I'll take pics as things progress, yes. The wound is still pretty raw, but not quite as red as it was on Saturday so that's a good sign.

Question: when I go to feed this guy (will probably try a worm in another two or three days) should I try and hold the worm in front of his face using tweezers or should I take the bunched up newspapers and hides out and leave the worm in there with him for an hour or so?

I agree with James. Try it with tweezers but if it will not accept it try to avoid stressing him out by aggitating him with it. Though it sometimes gets the garter to strike at it as it would most snakes the stress would deffinatly not be good for it. perhaps try to get a little dish for it and place it in there, it will of course wander sometimes but most of the time my worms end up staying in the little dishes I put them on, this would keep the cage a bit less messy too if it works for you, for my babies it just all around keeps them from eating the dried E-Earth their on. XD

Here's hoping the snake does well and eats for you. You thinking about names for it or are you planning on releasing it once it's finished healing here in a while?

Just curious
--Nick and Sam

[0TG]

Originally Posted by Howler

I agree with James. Try it with tweezers but if it will not accept it try to avoid stressing him out by aggitating him with it. Though it sometimes gets the garter to strike at it as it would most snakes the stress would deffinatly not be good for it. perhaps try to get a little dish for it and place it in there, it will of course wander sometimes but most of the time my worms end up staying in the little dishes I put them on, this would keep the cage a bit less messy too if it works for you, for my babies it just all around keeps them from eating the dried E-Earth their on. XD

Here's hoping the snake does well and eats for you. You thinking about names for it or are you planning on releasing it once it's finished healing here in a while?

Just curious
--Nick and Sam

I think I want to name him Chuck Norris.

I'm leaning towards keeping him but I'm not 100% sure yet. I know that if I decided to let him go and then somehow managed to run him over again and kill him I'd probably want to jump off a bridge. lol

[0TG]

Took a couple of other pictures today, but I deleted one of them by accident and didn't want to stress him out anymore with another photo session so one will have to suffice. I think it's coming along quite nicely.

Day 4:


And a comparison shot, the day of the dreaded event:


As you can see it is much more pink now than it is red. It also has a much smoother look to it.

My plan is to try and get him to eat tomorrow as I think he's coming along nicely and it would make me feel much better if he had a meal in him. So that is my next worry, getting him to eat.

[adamanteus]

It does look quite a bit better. Might be a bit early to feed him yet...is he 'cruising' round his tank yet? Does he seem alert and interested?