Found a Garter with a Broken Back, Perhaps? Help...

[stupie2]

Right, ok.

Thank you very, very much for the suggestions, but I can't even squash a bug. How do I go about putting a snake out of its misery?

I think I might not have to. He hasn't moved since last night. I'm going to wait until it warms up a bit and see if he perks up, but I think he might be gone.

Thanks again, I'll let you know.

~ E

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

You could put it in the freezer, it would go into brumation state (hibernation) then die painlessly

Right, ok.

Thank you very, very much for the suggestions, but I can't even squash a bug. How do I go about putting a snake out of its misery?

I think I might not have to. He hasn't moved since last night. I'm going to wait until it warms up a bit and see if he perks up, but I think he might be gone.

Thanks again, I'll let you know.

~ E

[ssssnakeluvr]

I agree with everyone....not much can be done at this point except put it out of its misery. It can be hard because people like to save everything, but sometimes it's better to put it down.

[stupie2]

Thank you very much for the help. I think he might already have died last night, but I didn't know how to tell for sure. He was definitely gone today...

I don't have any plans for keeping snakes as pets. While I'm not squirmy around snakes, I find that there's too much care involved for my taste. I much prefer mammals.

Thank you again for all the help, and good luck to all of you and your snakes. I'll pop back on if I come across any more needy reptiles.

I wish I'd known enough to end it quickly for the little guy. I actually thought that a snake might survive with a paralyzed end-half as long as it was protected from harm and had food. It's horrible to see an animal suffering. I feel for you, SLB. I'm a sucker for anything that's hurt, but I think that if I'd been a snake person and found this scene it would have killed me.


Regards,

~ E

(Hello, Odie )

[person365]

You could put it in the freezer, it would go into brumation state (hibernation) then die painlessly

NO my friend Kyle known to you as Zephyr told me euthinizing a snake in a freezer is a slow and painful death.

[KITKAT]

NO my friend Kyle known to you as Zephyr told me euthinizing a snake in a freezer is a slow and painful death.

I have experimented with this. A pre-refridgerated garter, 10 inches long, took ten minutes to die in the freezer.

But I still think the freezer is humane, because the snake is basically asleep from the refridgeration.

[infernalis]

10 minutes is an eternity, 1/10th of a second is better.

If you were a soldier on a battlefield, and just stepped on a land mine, completely removing everything from your mid point down, knowing that it is medically impossible to live without....

I would want my friend to place his rifle to my head, rather than bring me in and set me in the fridge.

Wayne

[infernalis]

I have experimented with this. A pre-refrigerated garter, 10 inches long, took ten minutes to die in the freezer.

But I still think the freezer is humane, because the snake is basically asleep from the refrigeration.

Try this, Place your garter in a container, set it in your refrigerator for half an hour, take it out and PLEASE tell me just how much asleep you think it is.

Metabolism slows, that is a scientific fact, but brain function and alert levels are still very much awake. Breeders always keep a fresh supply of drinking water during forced brumation, the "sleeping" snakes will drink from it.

Thanks Stefan for agreeing.

The mice thing is a another subject itself. If folks are going to have a hard time raising live prey, and then killing it, frozen dead rodents become very attractive. (And cheaper in the end)

Wayne