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ok, now for the last week i have been scathing the woods, fields, and any other area near my house for snakes or toads, well today woke up my little nephew who is 8 years old tells me that they(his sisters and brothers) have caught a snake!(i'm like what the hell), so i run outside to see it asking him what did it look like, he tells me it was green and black, i get out there... its a nice sized garter snake about 20-24" and kinda fat, but its not moving to much so i pick it up and look at it, then he tells me that alex hit it with a stick, i noticed a raised lump near the tail about 4" up(least to say i was quite pissed), so i took the snake in the house and put it in a 10 gallon w/newspaper for bedding and a large water dish, and a box with a square cut in it for a hide, at fisrt it really seemed traumatized, but i has been stretching out a bit i'm worried its gonna die though its been about 6 hours .... it has'nt died and i'm not sure that it has any broken bones, i hope not, seems like it has a welt that has gone down very little, any help would be greatly appreciated, it really looks like a nice specimen too i would like to keep it as a pet, i was so angry i wanted to yell at them but i'm not allowed to yell or punish my brothers children(even though i am their uncle and they were being bad), and of course my brother their father just blew it off and said "so, i hate snakes, i kill every one i see..., i hate spiders to" his ignorane is so agravating !!!! he's a redneck and all he thinks about are deer and shooting deer, which hes still a moron i 've even explained that this is not mediaval times and we don't need the food to survive but regardless he just likes to shoot animals for fun with his big gun... i think it must boost his ego, what a big man, makes me sick.... anyhow sorry about the rant a bit off topic, any help or expeirence with an injured snake like this would help, i have heard of snakes being wacked with sticks and dying within 24 hours but i THINK this might be an exception, thanks ahead of time--Jeff