California Kingsnake (Lampropeltis getula californiae)

Created: January 9th, 2010 - 08:52 AM
Last Modified: May 2nd, 2012 - 11:22 PM Entered by: Chris Harrison
Record 35397

Country: United States		State: Arizona	County: La Paz County	Time: 2000-09-02 00:00:00
Qty: 1	Age: --	Sex: Female	Method: Road cruising	Habitat: -----
Body Temperature: -----		Air Temperature: -----	Ground Temperature: -----	Humidity: -----
Sky Conditions: -----		Moon Phase: -----	Elevation: -----	Barometric Pressure: -----

Notes

This snake had suffered a serious injury to its lower jaw. Part of its throat skin and scales had been removed. The snake had healed very well, but the injury had resulted in the snake losing its tongue or at least the ability to use its tongue. It was skin and bones when found AOR.
It was brought back into captivity since it was doomed in the wild. Even in captivity although the snake's wound was well healed, it would not eat since it had no sense of smell anymore. I was force fed a few small meals which it kept down, but eventually I felt the humane thing was to euthanize the animal.