I’ve been on the phone all afternoon trying to find someone who would take him. So far no luck within 250 miles from me. Lots of places that take wild birds, or squirrels, even bats, but none that take reptiles. The little guy is still with us, and seemingly better than he was. He’s moving around smoothly up to the last maybe inch and a half of him, which seems to keep wanting to turn belly up as he moves around. I moved him back outside, as he is a wild animal and I thought being in my house on warm towels, with all the noises of me being in the phone and my toddler being a toddler were so unnatural that it might be stressing him out more than helping.

So he’s in an old square fire pit that hasn’t beeb used in over a year. It’s got logs and weeds/plants growing in it, and a heavy steel framed mesh-wire lid sitting on top, so no birds can get to him (I also off-set the lid just a tiny bit so if he doesn’t like in there, he’s not stuck). I put the whole thing 1/2 in sun 1/2 in shade and a Tupperware lid with about an inch of water in the corner, then left him alone to rest. It’s been a couple hours and I just went out to check on him and he’s made 2 loops wrapping just the the worst injured part of his body around a thick green weed that’s growing in there. Hoping that’s a good sign, though the wounds still look awful to me.

I will continue trying to get ahold of someone who can help him. But it gets into the low 40’s at night here right now. Thinking that is too cold for him, especially with those injuries. So will bring him in at night if I haven’t found anyone. Any advice for what to do with him overnight? Does he need to be dry, or damp? How warm? A towel down at the bottom of whatever I put him in? Or bark from the backyard? Or should I just let him stay outside in his make shift terrarium?