Please Help, lawnmower injury

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Ok, thanks. I guess I was just worried about his size. I know that older/larger snakes can go for months without food but I guess the fact that he's small make me worry a bit more. He doesn't look overly skinny so I suppose that's a good thing.

When he is losing weight, you will notice that his skin looks "loose". It will get a kind of wrinkle in it here and there, or may have a few rows of scales that are kind of folded together in a line that parallels his body length.

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When he is losing weight, you will notice that his skin looks "loose". It will get a kind of wrinkle in it here and there, or may have a few rows of scales that are kind of folded together in a line that parallels his body length.

Thanks for the tip, no signs of that yet so that's a good thing.

The wound is really starting to heal up nicely. Yesterday was the first day I didn't put any neosporin on it and within that 24 hours it's dried up significantly. I did put it on again today, though.

I'll be going away for the weekend (leave Saturday, come back Monday) so I'll probably put it on before I leave on Saturday and then let it dry out for a couple of days.

Would it be worth it to catch two or three earthworms and put them in a clear, plastic deli cup and leave them in there for the weekend? Would he even eat out of a dish or should I just assume that they'll crawl out anyway and put them in the tank with him? My concern is that if and when they crawled out they'd just burrow underneath the paper towels.

I'll take some updated shots of the wound and post them up tonight.

[GarterGuy]

Your probably best off just leaving him be while you're away for the weekend. Right now, he's more concentrating on healing, and may really not have an appetite for a bit yet. Just a thought, but once the wound has really dried out and looks like it's healed over a bit, it might be a good idea to let him go. At that point, there's little risk of infection and he's probably better off that way as well.

Roy