Cobra operated upon, 'advised' full bed rest

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A 5.5-foot cobra has been advised "complete bed rest" after a vet conducted a two-hour, life-saving surgery on it here.
Last week, conservationist Vava Suresh stumbled across the half-dead reptile at a construction site on the city outskirts. A bulldozer had gone over it puncturing its abdomen. The intestines had popped out.
Suresh immediately rushed it to the local veterinary hospital."The surgery wasn’t really complicated, but operations such as these rarely happen," Rajeswari T, senior surgeon at the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty Against Animals Hospital said.
A portion of the snake’s large intestine was hanging out and had ruptured at two places, the vet explained. She administered anaethesia and operatedupon the snake.
"It will take a week for the stitched-up cobra to recuperate completely. During this period, it will administered two antibiotic shots and pain killers daily. These injections will be given by the side of the spine," Suresh said. The animal still cannot eat anything.