{"id":12734,"date":"2024-07-11T08:05:07","date_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:05:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12734"},"modified":"2024-07-08T22:57:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T03:57:58","slug":"brown-house-snake-wounded-by-cat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/brown-house-snake-wounded-by-cat\/","title":{"rendered":"Brown House Snake Wounded By Cat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12736\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"close up on head of brown house snake being tube-fed\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-jwvh-240711-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-jwvh-240711-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-jwvh-240711.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12740\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-b-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"tube-feeding of a brown house snake at veterinary hospital\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-b-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-b-jwvh-240711-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-b-jwvh-240711-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-fed-b-jwvh-240711.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a brown house snake was submitted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.johannesburgwildlifevet.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital<\/a> in South Africa.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>An adult brown house snake (<em>Boaedon capensis<\/em>) was rushed to us by the Roodepoort SPCA, after this snake had an encounter with a domestic cat.<\/p>\n<p>We immediately administered subcutaneous fluids and an opioid pain killer. We then applied F10 ointment to all the wounds. Thankfully they were all superficial. It is crucial to ensure that wounds from cat bites are kept clean and treated carefully, as cat bites can often become infected.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12745\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-head-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"close up on the head of a brown house snake being held in hand and flicking its tongue\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-head-jwvh-240711-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-head-jwvh-240711-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-head-jwvh-240711-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/brown-house-snake-head-jwvh-240711.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The snake was tube-fed with <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a> while recuperating. Even though reptiles can survive without food for long periods of time, the energy demands on their bodies due to their injuries and the stress of captivity makes keeping up their caloric requirements a necessity.<\/p>\n<p>The wounds healed, and we were happy with his general condition and weight gain. He was released into a safe habitat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A brown house snake that was wounded by a cat gets prompt care from Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital and recovers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12745,"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":[2256],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wildlife-conservation-stories"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Brown House Snake Wounded By Cat - EmerAidVet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A brown house snake that was wounded by a cat gets prompt care from Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital and 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\/brown-house-snake-wounded-by-cat\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Brown House Snake Wounded By Cat - 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