{"id":12803,"date":"2024-07-25T08:59:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/?p=12803"},"modified":"2024-07-25T08:59:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T13:59:12","slug":"rinkhals-snake-suffers-lacerations-and-punctures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/rinkhals-snake-suffers-lacerations-and-punctures\/","title":{"rendered":"Rinkhals Snake Suffers Lacerations And Punctures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12805\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-bandaged-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"rinkhals snake on exam table with bandage\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-bandaged-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-bandaged-jwvh-240725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-bandaged-jwvh-240725-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-bandaged-jwvh-240725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12809\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-fed-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"rinkhals snake being tube-fed by two people\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-fed-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-fed-jwvh-240725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-fed-jwvh-240725-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-fed-jwvh-240725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The following story about a rinkhals 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>After an encounter with a dog, an adult rinkhals (<em>Hemachatus haemachatus<\/em>) is currently at our hospital for medical treatment. Medical examination, with the assistance of Grant F., revealed multiple lacerations and puncture wounds.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12814\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sniffing-jwvh240725-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Rinkhals snake upright on exam table with tongue out\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sniffing-jwvh240725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sniffing-jwvh240725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sniffing-jwvh240725-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sniffing-jwvh240725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-12818\" src=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sutured-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"sutured wound on body of a rinkhals snake\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sutured-jwvh-240725-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sutured-jwvh-240725-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sutured-jwvh-240725-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/wp-content\/uploads\/rinkhals-snake-sutured-jwvh-240725.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Antibiotics, pain medication, anti-inflammatories as well as fluids were administered to ensure that the snake was not only free from pain, but that any possible infection could be mitigated. It is a fallacy that snakes cannot feel pain. Just like any other patient, we treat snakes for pain management, too.<\/p>\n<p>After she was stable enough for surgery, this snake was carefully sedated and monitored throughout the surgery where the largest laceration was sutured. Snakes cannot breathe on their own once sedated. A bag valve mask is utilized where a vet monitors, and temporarily takes over, the breathing of the snake for the duration of the surgery.<\/p>\n<p>She is as fierce and as beautiful as can be, and keeps us on our toes, especially now that she is feeling better! While she is not eating on her own, she is benefitting from being tube-fed <a href=\"https:\/\/emeraid.com\/vet\/emeraid-carnivore\/\">EmerAid IC Carnivore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Once the suture site has healed and she has successfully shed, this rinkhals will be ready for release in a safe environment within the geographical region she was found.<\/p>\n<p>Massive thank you to Grant F. for assisting us in treating and feeding this black beauty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An adult rinkhals snake wounded by a dog gets helps from staff at Johannesburg Wildlife Veterinary Hospital to recover and be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":12805,"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-12803","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 - 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