07/28/2026
DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS SNAKE?
This past Friday, I was sent a post in a neighbourhood group about a snake someone had spotted at a park in town nearby. Not ten minutes after seeing that post, I was there talking to some very nice folks who had put it into a tote to wait for us. I checked him over and immediately saw his mouth was injured, but he seemed fine otherwise. I set him up in a quarantine tote for the evening and let him rest with some water and heat.
Saturday we took him to a local vet who works with exotics, and she diagnosed him with an abscess/mouth infection in his bottom left jaw. He is on pain medication for a few days while it gets less sore, and antibiotics until it heals! He is not underweight, not dehydrated, he has no stuck shed or scale rot, and has been so sweet through the treatment so far.
I have posted him to local reptile groups, lost and found pets groups, and on my own page, but I have heard nothing about an owner so I wonder if this poor fellow may have been abandoned due to his injury. We may never know his story, but I do know he is safe here until he is healed!
Welcome "Frankie" to the sick ward.
Please contact me if you recognize or want to surrender him.
