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09-Oct-07, 04:10 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Newcastle Age/Gender: 25  | | | Badly Injured Blue Tongue
Found this big guy/girl in the driveway on the weekend soaking up some sun. Poor thing. I hope he/she recovers ok. Looks like it had a fight with a lawn mower.  |
09-Oct-07, 04:11 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: Brisbane Age: 18 | | | | -Cringe-
OUCH! Poor darling. |
09-Oct-07, 04:12 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender: | | | | should knock it over the head imo |
09-Oct-07, 04:12 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Behind You :o Age/Gender: 21 | | | | Ouch.. Lets hope it dont get infected O_o. |
09-Oct-07, 04:14 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender: | | | | looks really bad |
09-Oct-07, 04:15 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25  | | | I'd take it to the vet if I were you. Lots of vets treat native animals for free. They will prolly give it some fluids and antibiotics. You don't want it to be suffering.
Poor little thing 
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09-Oct-07, 04:18 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-07 Location: Behind You :o Age/Gender: 21 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by codeth  looks really bad | It looks like a chunk of scales been taken off, blueys are tough and id prob be fine aslong as it doesnt get an infection. (Guess it could be worse cant tell how deep it is from pic) |
09-Oct-07, 04:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Tamworth Gender: | | | | that looks pretty hard not to get an infection |
09-Oct-07, 04:22 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Aug-06 Location: Brisvegas | | | | It looks awful, but if that peeled off bit isnt skull and brain I wouldn't be surprised if with a bit of careful TLC it came good. It's pretty amazing what kind of injuries these things can survive.
If you can, deffinitely take it to a vet who will be able to either clean it up a bit or bonk it on the head if thats the best thing. As others have said, they probably won't charge since it's a wild one. |
09-Oct-07, 04:28 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-05 Location: Adelaide Age/Gender: 25 | | | | I'm worried about how close it is to it's eye, I hope it doesn't swell up or get infected, causing it to go blind.
I can't believe someone didn't notice it when they were mowing (or whever they were doing)
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09-Oct-07, 04:30 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Darwin NT Age/Gender: 39 | | | | Inflamol is a good antibiotic cream for reptile, good luck with it. |
09-Oct-07, 04:32 PM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-05 Location: Nowra Age/Gender: 24 | | | | The right thing to do would be to take it a vet {prefferably a reptile vet}. They will decide wether or not it is worth saving it. Hope the bluey makes it though
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09-Oct-07, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted by NinaPeas I can't believe someone didn't notice it when they were mowing (or whever they were doing) | You obviously haven't seen the length of my grass when I get around to cutting it! 
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09-Oct-07, 04:41 PM
|  | Rough-Scale Addict Subscriber | Join Date: Oct-05 Location: Queensland | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by codeth should knock it over the head imo | Man I hope someone doesn't take that attitude with you the next time you get sick! |
09-Oct-07, 04:48 PM
|  | Bendy! Sponsor | Join Date: Feb-07 Location: Brisbane Gender: | | | | G'day guys,
I am normally pretty hard and fast about these sorts of things - if a native animal is injured to the point where it needs human intervention, euthanise it - no if's, but's or maybe's. However, from the pretty average photo it appears that it is merely a flesh wound, and if released will most probably survive.
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Jonno
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