Please Help, lawnmower injury

[Josh]

it must have benn a worry to behead him....

[0TG]

it must have benn a worry to behead him....

Oh it was horrible. But it needed to be done. His guts were coming out and he was squirming and trying to get away in what I'm guessing was a lethal combination of fear and pain. Horrible stuff. I hate to see things suffering.

[ssssnakeluvr]

that does look like a nasty wound....as long as it doesn't really interfere with his movement, for example injury to the spinal cord, he should do fine...it will take a number of sheds to completely heal over...will leave a nasty scar. As for feeding, get some feeder fish, guppies, minnows. worms are fine, but aren't overly nutritional....you would need to dust a couple with vitamin powder every other week or so...also, worms are mostly water, so they will mess up the cage real fast!!! good luck and keep us posted!!!

[Gijs & Sabine]

I understand you feel horrible about this, but didn't do it on purpose. It's great you wanna take care of the juvenile garter.
Although the wound does look very nasty, I think he has a good change surviving it. I once had a garter with a bad wound from badly bitten by an other garter and I thought he wouldn't survive. But after cleaning it and put him in a clean tank, it actually did heal after a few weeks
I think it's important to save him from a lot of stress, so the towel is a very good idea! And to keep the wound as dry as possible, ofcourse it's good to clean it, but keep it dry after that.
It's suprising how garters can heal from a bad injury. Of course this is no quarantee, but only speaking from our own experience.

Good luck with the young garter.

And btw, welcome to this forum