Hurt by a crow. Please help me save him!

[Mommy2many]

How's he doing?

[Mom2TheDfenceless]

Thank you all so much for your help! I have been staying at home with little Oscar since all of the new info. I have gotten rid of all the crickets. Got him worms. New bedding. more places to hide. 2 heat rocks and lamps. Spent over 100$ on just comfort for him. Poor little guy has yet to eat anything as far as I know.

He is still very active. very nebby, wants to explore everything. Sits in his water dish and just looks around. His wounds seem very deep and kinda drying out now. not really looking any better. :-( He still drags it along behinde him. He does not seem to be getting any better or worse for that matter. Yet, im worried about him eating or getting a serious infection from his deep wounds.

I read that neosporin could be applied to deep wounds? I dunno if thats true or not. Or if it would disrupt his own healing process that they do? I'm not really sure if there is anything else I can do for him? I just feel so badly and helpless. I dont want anything to happen to him. The little guy has grown on me very quickly.

I will post pics once I figure out how to do all that. lol I'm not too good on here. I spent 20 mins figurin out how to log in. Sorry everyone. Bare with me and I will get some on here.

Again thank you all for all of your help!!!!

Jessy & Baby Oscar :-)

[guidofatherof5]

Great news Jessy.
Be careful of the heat rocks. They have a bad history of burning animals.
Something for you to look into. Do a search on the internet. I warn you, some of the pictures are very graphic.

[infernalis]

One thing about heat rocks, they earned a bad rap when the technology was in it's infancy.

The newer heat rocks made by zoo med or exo tera are superior to the old junk that fried animals.

They now have thermal fuses in them to shut them down (permanently) should they malfunction and overheat.

[guidofatherof5]

One thing about heat rocks, they earned a bad rap when the technology was in it's infancy.

The newer heat rocks made by zoo med or exo tera are superior to the old junk that fried animals.

They now have thermal fuses in them to shut them down (permanently) should they malfunction and overheat.

Thanks Wayne.
I guess I still don't trust them.
New bought may lessen the risk but there are thousands of the old ones still out there on Craigslist and yard sales.

[Mommy2many]

Good advice from both Steve and Wayne. Trust your instinct. If you have any doubts, don't use. There are different ways to warm your snakes. I use overhead lamps. Steve uses under tank heating. My home is usually around 65 -70 degrees in the winter. I make sure the lamps are on all day and night time lamps are on at night. I have 3 tanks and 6 lamps! I hope he continues to heal.

[kibakiba]

I was going to say something about the heat rocks, but I had just woken up and was grumpy so I decided against it. But I'm with Steve, I wouldn't even risk using them. Nor would I spend 100 dollars on the snake. I spend a lot on mine on a monthly basis and spent 80 on Snakey when I got him, but you don't need the really fancy stuff to make them happy. Dollar store things and toilet paper rolls for hides work just as well as a 30 dollar plastic hide from the pet store. It's nice of you to care so much about him, though.
Also, Neosporin is okay to use on garters, I'm not sure about really deep wounds but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt. I read that the neosporin with the painkiller in it could harm reptiles if you used it on them, though. I don't know if it's true, but I wouldn't even risk that.


Le Ann, What kind of bulb do you use for a night time lamp? My babies get really cold at night and we don't have a heater other than the small ones that don't help much. Since we'll be getting another lamp for the adults, we might as well get 2 extra and use them for night time.

[ConcinusMan]

I have used heat rocks when I was breeding various western spiny lizard species and never had any problems. A quality heat rock that is well cared for can last several years and not burn an animal. I just don't think they are appropriate for garters. Small lizards perhaps, but not snakes.