Injured Rough Green Snake!!! =[

[ZiggieZambi]

I know this is a garter snake site but....I found this little guy on the side of the road while I was out walking my ferret. He seems to have been injured. Maybe by a car?:mad: Looks to be blind in both eyes. :( one eye is protruding from bottom of his socket. It looks like he may lose it. the other is sitting in place but looks completely black. He likes to rub the bad eye up against stuff I don't know if it itches or if hes trying to pull the rest of it out.
We've had him for 2 days now we've named him Leaf. I tried to feed him a grasshopper today but he didn't seem interested in it. I'm going to the pet store tomorrow to pick up some small crickets.(any other food Ideas?)
He acts normal other than the eyes. He's fairly calm, likes to wrap around my hand and sticks his tongue out.
But can he live without his eye site? Is there anything I can do for him?:confused:


This is a pic of his bad eye. =[
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Top veiw of his other eye.

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[i_heart_sneakie_snakes]

I don't know anything about these snakes. But I do hope you can fix him. If he is like garters, he wont eat crickets. Hopefully someone else will know.

[kibakiba]

Snakes can live without their eyes, as long as you're willing to take care of him yourself. I have a partially blind snake, Runt, who is perfectly fine without being ble to see very well. She bumps into things and doesn't like being touched (it scares her) but as long as you don't move fast around her, she's fine.

[dieselbaby]

hi and welcome to the forum, wow he does eat bugs if i have the right snake.. i found this when i googled green snake.
Opheodrys vernalis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opheodrys_vernalis)

[kibakiba]

That's a smooth green I believe, Diesel. The one Ziggi has is a rough green.

[dieselbaby]

well darn trying again then

[dieselbaby]

Opheodrys aestivus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opheodrys_aestivus) here's a link to the rough green snake lol it too eats insects, and frogs.. you might could try worms as well.

You could try rinsing the eye area with warm water just to flush out and dirt and bedding. Keep an eye on it to make sure it doesnt get infected.

[kibakiba]

*hides her tree frogs*

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Rough greens are insectivores they will eat small crickets, meal worms, roaches, and hairless caterpillars. Try not to feed it too many crickets and grasshoppers though because they have a hard time digesting the exoskeleton and make sure to dust the bugs with some reptile vitamins every other feeding. You need to put a water bowl in the cage but mist the cage with water once a day too because they drink water off of the glass alot. Though he can survive in captivity blind you may have to help him eat because he may have a hard time catching bugs. Good luck and i hope everything goes well. Keep us posted on how he is doing.

[Mommy2many]

Good luck with treating him/her. Those are my favorite colored snakes!

[infernalis]

Yes good luck, smooth green and rough green snakes are insectivores, hopefully they do not rely too much on sight (motion) to trigger feeding responses.

[d_virginiana]

Hm... Is it possible he was bitten by a cat? He looks to have some puncture-like marks on his neck, and I don't think a car would hurt just the eye like that... The reason I ask is because a cat bite has a really high chance of getting infected. Normally I would suggest Neosporin WITHOUT painkillers to prevent infection, but I don't know since it's on the eye.. Does anyone else know if that would be okay?

A good thing to watch is tongue-flicking. Generally a snake doing a lot of tongue-flicking doesn't feel sick. That's probably the best indicator you can just see of whether or not he's got an infection.

I have an adult garter that is blind. Whenever I feed him, I have to knock his food on the glass so he can locate it through vibrations and often I have to scent it or tear it open so he can smell it. It's not difficult at all once they get used to being hand-fed.
Good luck with him and keep us posted!

[kibakiba]

You can put neosporin on his eye, just a very small amount and make sure it's not in or can get in his mouth, that can harm them.

[tress29]

Any update on the rough green snake?