ribbon at the rescue

[drache]

Sean got this little guy in and I keep feeling I should take her, but she's so beat up, and I don't know that I need the extra work right now
but does anyone know what kind of ribbon it is?
the colouring is quite a blueish green





and here's a couple of shots of her really bad kink in the spine



she's already at the rescue
I don't need to rescue her, right?

[GartersRock]

Aww... Cute little girl!
I have a Western Ribbon Snake from LA that looks just like her. A male, and he is very blue as well. Western is my best guess.
I say take her! =)

[Elliot]

I would say that is definately a western ribbon. I can't really help with whether to keep it or not, but if it's eating, then I'd give it a chance.

[Sid]

Rhea, was this Ribbon rescued from the wild in NY or from an individual who had purchased it? If it is local then it could would have to be one of the Eastern species.

[Zephyr]

Thamnophis proximus orarius.

[Zephyr]

And are you sure it's a kink? It looks like a cut or something got infected.

[adamanteus]

T. s. sauritus.

[Zephyr]

James, I don't think it's a northern ribbon snake. If it was found in the wild of her area, it was definately released by somebody who didn't want to care for it.

[Stefan-A]

I'm leaning towards proximus, although I'm no expert on ribbons.

[drache]

I'm pretty sure that this one's not from the wild
I'll have to ask Sean again
and there's definitely a spinal injury, but it's old and apparently not bothering the snake
there's some nasty scarring around the same area
the snake also has some small spots of scale rot and assorted other bumps and lesions
I'm thinking, I might offer to foster it for a week or two, seeing as Sean just seems to have gotten a flood of animals, and I've got a spare 10G which is better quarters by far than what that girl is getting at the rescue
if it looks like a western, it probably is one
can they be gotten to take rodents?