A rat snake found injured on some barbed wire in a field in south India was taken to a veterinary hospital where it received surgery around its exposed heart.
This non-venomous female rat snake was taken to snake rescue volunteer Mr. Surandren and handed over to Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve forest veterinary hospital near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu on January 8.
In the video Dr K. Asokan can be seen performing the surgery to save the snake, with its heart visibly beating from the open wound.
This female rat snake rescued from barbet wire fencing in agricultural fields snake rescue volunteers mr.surandren rescue the snake and handover to our sathyamangalam tiger reserve forest veterinary hospital.
Dr.K.Asokan.B.V.Sc..Forest Veterinary Officer..Forest Veterinary Unit Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve said my experience in wildlife field 10 year service more then 60 snake completed all varieties of snake.
In the video Dr K Asokan doing the surgery, "We use gas anaesthesia for snake surgeries," said further. The snake tears injuries and open wounds noticed in the chest region and heart is pumping visually noticed, The snake heart outer protective layer is teared or damaged,
We give gas anaesthesia and open the chamber and close the damaged outer layer Because snakes are basically one long tube, it is possible to partition their main anatomical parts into sections. If you lay the snake out straight on a table with its head on your left, going from left to right, the first 25 percent of the snake consists of the head, the esophagus and trachea, and the heart. Those are the major organs and parts.
In the second quarter, about 26 to 50 percent of the snake, are the top of the lungs, the liver, and then three-fourths of the way down the liver, the stomach. In the third quarter, about 51 to 75 percent of the snake, you encounter the gallbladder, the spleen and the pancreas (or the spleen pancreas depending on the species). Following this triad of organs you will find the gonads (testes or ovaries). Coursing between these structures is the small intestine, and adjacent to them is the right lung (and in some species the left lung, as well). In the last quarter, the last 76 to 100 percent of the snake, you’ll find the junction between the small and large intestine, the cecum (if present), the kidneys (right in front of the left) and the cloaca.
Why we save snake...
Long-term studies have revealed population declines in fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals. In birds, and particularly amphibians, these declines are a global phenomenon whose causes are often unclear. Among reptiles, snakes are top predators and therefore a decline in their numbers may have serious consequences for the functioning of many ecosystems. Our results show that, of 17 snake populations (eight species) from the UK, France, Italy, Nigeria and Australia, 11 have declined sharply over the same relatively short period of time with five remaining stable and one showing signs of a marginal increase. Although the causes of these declines are currently unknown, we suspect that they are multi-faceted (such as habitat quality deterioration, prey availability), and with a common cause, e.g. global climate change, at their root.
