About an hour ago I was at my neighbors mowing her lawn. I'm always on the lookout for any snakes. I did see a large(gravid) radix laying in the grass. At first sight I thought she was a strange colored girl. Then I saw she was covered in those very small maggots. I picked her up to get a look at her. She had a large wound on her side. I believe part of her lung was protruding from the wound. She was alert and doing a lot of tongue flicking. She was unable to move the lower 3/4 of her body. I also noticed most of her lower jaw was missing. I'm guessing this was some kind of lawn mower injury.
I put her down to end her suffering. It's a shame such a nice looking adult radix had to meet such a horrible end. To make things worse she was probably gravid and all her babies were lost also. It's a harsh world out there for these gentle creatures.
I didn't like putting her down but I'm glad she didn't have to suffer what was in store for her. That would have been no way for such a beautiful girl to end up.