Baby Garter Mouth Injury

[Zephyr]

Thank you all so much. I am going to try to attach pics. He is flicking once in a while, but not like my bigger guy Wilson. He is really tiny (you can see against my hand). I have only had him about 10 days and he is extremely nervous but was curled up with Wilson earlier today. Any advice is so appreciated and thanks again for all of your help.

Looks like a broken jaw... And looks like that's not a baby garter, but a dekay's snake.
***Edit- Whoops, didn't see page two.
But I do wonder, Wayne.

[reptile3]

after looking at pics, looks like a Dekayi too!!! I am learning, I sure would like to know how this snakie is doing too!! his mouth/jaw looks painful.

[dnovak1236]

He is surviving, but he still has not eating. He wants to, but it seems he can only flick his tongue still. Our ground is solidly frozen, but I did find small earth worms a couple weeks ago. I try giving a small piece everyday to no avail. So, I am going to try a small piece on a toothpick and see if I can force it in gently. Thanks for checking on him.

[anji1971]

Thanks for the update!
Best wishes........

[drache]

He is surviving, but he still has not eating. He wants to, but it seems he can only flick his tongue still. Our ground is solidly frozen, but I did find small earth worms a couple weeks ago. I try giving a small piece everyday to no avail. So, I am going to try a small piece on a toothpick and see if I can force it in gently. Thanks for checking on him.

if he drinks, you might try putting a little clump of live blackworm or bloodworm in a small bowl with water
many petshops carry them for fish, and the ringneck snake I had took those
they're so small, a dekayi could slurp them right up - worth a try

[infernalis]

We just sorted out an emergency slug shipment to try and get this little snake some nourishment.

With mine eating pinky parts, the very few slugs I do have will be a blessing if they help this one recover.

Thankfully there was a short thaw last week and I managed to get about a dozen slugs from the yard before the weather turned nasty again.

[guidofatherof5]

Thaw? Here in Iowa that comes at the end of Winter. Wow!

[infernalis]

Thaw? Here in Iowa that comes at the end of Winter. Wow!

We have had a very unstable winter here. one day it's minus 2 then for 3 days its 50, then it drops back down to 12???

The ground has not truly frozen solid yet, Last week the night crawlers were out, and several of those slugs were out in the open eating dandelion greens.

[anji1971]

Wayne, we have that kind of winter here every year. Except we get just one day at a time of the 50's and several of the negative temps. The nightcrawlers here stay down until it's really spring, which can range anywhere from the start of April to the end of May.

[infernalis]

I truly never expected to see any night crawlers, I was hunting slugs, and there the worms were.