PFA Bangalore

Listing of Rehab Case Studies

Cobra Surgery

Tue, 09/11/2007 - 19:23 - k9

Procedure for surgical implantation of I V Canula into jugular vein of a severely immuno- comprimised cobra which was confiscated from a snake charmer.

Corba Houshing

Tue, 09/11/2007 - 19:16 - k9

The smallest defanged cobra admitted to the facility.

Soaking a snake in tepid water to help it slough old skin. Owing to the sub-optimal conditions within the snakecharmers basket most of the snakes confiscated have problems with shedding a process known as 'dysecdysis'. Read More...

Cobra Confiscation

Tue, 09/11/2007 - 19:08 - k9

Defanged and devenomed cobra with initial stage panophthalmitis. The close-up below clearly shows the punctured venom gland to the rear of the eye.

Small rusted tin containing an extremely dehydrated hatchling buff-striped keelback and a hatchling defanged and devenomed cobra. Read More...

Indian Palm Civet Cat

Tue, 09/11/2007 - 19:01 - k9

Confiscated Indian Palm Civet or 'toddy cat'. Brought in from Mysore and submitted to the shelter for rehabilitation. Corneal opacity in both eyes due to deficient diet and subjection of this nocturnal animal to harsh sunlight by a street entertainer.

Checking for reflexes to visual stimuli on admission. Note the tiny wooden box in which the animal

Checkered Keelback Water Snakes

Tue, 09/11/2007 - 18:50 - k9

The construction of a drain exposed this clutch of Xenocrophis piscator (Checkered Keelback Water Snake) eggs to the elements. By the time they were discovered by a caring person, 90 of the eggs had been destroyed by ants, the tiny hatchling literally eaten alive. The eggs, which still had live snakes in them, had to be prematurely opened by the rehabilitator so as to remove the attacking ants. These hatchlings fortunately survived. The eggs that were intact were put into a temperature-controlled incubator and hatched uneventfully in two days. All 18 surviving hatchlings were released into a lake close to the original location of the clutch.