Colletts
Active Member
Yes i know it sounds very stressed, but i still want to give it a chance. I would rather it be euthed than release it and have it die slowly from infection, predators, heat/sun exposure etc. It would probably only be a cat or fox that would eat it anyway. And even if it were a native animal, i'm sure they're prefer a nice fresh juicy road kill to a measly half rotten venomous snake.
I do understand that the vet will most likely want to euthanise it but at least i've tried. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if i decided to kill it when i knew it could have had a chance. I do think though that the wounds are too bad for it to be released.
My opinion of the food chain: the food chain became non-existant when white man settled here. All the animals killed on roads, habitat loss, pollution and rubbish, crops and livestock, hunting/sport(yes fishing included!) etc etc- all of this is not natural so the food chain is unbalanced anyway. So, compared to all of that, this one little snakey means squat.
I do understand that the vet will most likely want to euthanise it but at least i've tried. I wouldn't be able to sleep at night if i decided to kill it when i knew it could have had a chance. I do think though that the wounds are too bad for it to be released.
My opinion of the food chain: the food chain became non-existant when white man settled here. All the animals killed on roads, habitat loss, pollution and rubbish, crops and livestock, hunting/sport(yes fishing included!) etc etc- all of this is not natural so the food chain is unbalanced anyway. So, compared to all of that, this one little snakey means squat.