{"id":11255,"date":"2022-12-20T09:10:24","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T15:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=11255"},"modified":"2022-12-18T16:53:57","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T22:53:57","slug":"a-western-coachwhip-snakes-unlucky-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/a-western-coachwhip-snakes-unlucky-day\/","title":{"rendered":"A Western Coachwhip Snake\u2019s Unlucky Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11256\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220a-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"western coachwhip snake being tube fed \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220a-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220a-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220a.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a western coachwhip was shared with us by <a href=\"https:\/\/newmexicowildlifecenter.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Mexico Wildlife Center<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A western coachwhip snake arrived at New Mexico Wildlife Center on August 24, 2022, after an incredibly unlucky day.<\/p>\n<p>Her front end had been caught in a rodent snap trap, and her back end was pinned beneath a closed garage door. She sustained multiple rib fractures where the rodent trap had snapped closed on her body, and the garage door left a large, gaping wound where it had come down on her.<\/p>\n<p>After many weeks of wound treatment, the site was surgically closed to accelerate the final stages of healing. With another shed or two, she would be good to go.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11260\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220c-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"western coachwhip snake trapped under door\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220c-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220c-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220c.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11264\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220b-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"snap trap squeezing the body of a western coachwhip snake\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220b-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220b-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/coachwhip-snake-nmwc-20221220b.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>There was just one problem: she refused to eat! We tried everything: different prey items, soaked prey in chicken broth, but nothing would whet her appetite. So, we turned to <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>After just one tube feeding of EmerAid, she is preparing to shed. We look forward to releasing her in the spring<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Western coachwhip snake suffers two injuries and refuses to eat, but with help from the New Mexico Wildlife Center she recovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":11256,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11255","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Western Coachwhip Snake\u2019s Unlucky Day - EmerAidVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Western coachwhip snake suffers two injuries and refuses to eat, but with help from the New Mexico Wildlife Center she recovers.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/a-western-coachwhip-snakes-unlucky-day\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Western Coachwhip Snake\u2019s Unlucky Day - 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