My injured snake..

[guidofatherof5]

Your paypal account worked great. You should have the money I sent.
Best of luck with your friend.
She is in our prayers.

[ConcinusMan]

Hehe you're welcome .

It looks like with the lamp and the heat pad it gets to about 90 degrees in the hot spot. Is this too hot? My substrate is just an ecocarpet.

Not too hot for my T.s. concinnus'. They will often spend most of the day at a 90 degree spot. Considering your snake is on the mend, 90 degrees is probably a good thing but just make sure there's a cool area (upper 70's at most) away from the light to retreat to. If your snake seems to hang out on the cool end most of the time, you might want to consider less heat.

[Hankj]

Okay great =) and yes I got a confirmation email, thanks again! Gonna send the letter to the vet before I run off to work too!

Thanks connicusman. I think she is eastern or common, can you guys tell from the pictures?

[ConcinusMan]

Yeah, she's a T.s. sirtalis. Eastern garter. Just for clarification, any T. sirtalis is considered "common garter". Yours is the Eastern garter. Mine are Oregon Red Spotted garters, but both of our snakes are "common garters" just different subspecies.

When a garter is sick or healing, keeping them very warm at around 90 degrees helps with their immune system and healing. It's common practice to increase their heat to help them get better.

[Hornets23]

Looks pretty rough, but good luck with her!

[Hankj]

The fish is still alive haha.

I turned in a application to Superpetz and got interviewed on the spot, kind of excited about that =). While I was there I bought some frozen pinkies. I'm about to cut into one and offer that to her.

[guidofatherof5]

Fingers crossed.
Keep us posted.

[Hankj]

She felt a lot warmer today, so she is taking advantage of the extra warmth. She did not go for the half pinkie though. I bought some salmon while I was out, I'll try that tomorrow.

Should I leave the guppy in there? Maybe change the water and keep the guppy in there? Or should I just put the guppy back in the bowl with the other feeders?

[guidofatherof5]

I'd save the guppy for another time. Your call though.

Has she been drinking water?
Dehydration might be a serious concern if she not drinking.
You may need to monitor some soaking/drinking time.
She can go along time without food but water is more imperative.

[Hankj]

I mean I can't monitor her at all times so I don't know how much she's really drank and or soaked. Should I be encouraging it and trying to put her in the water?