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19-Sep-06, 09:19 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Caboolture, QLD Age: 27 | | |
Well after a month of hard work and intense nursing I feel that I can finally show off my new girl. This is starlight and when we got her OMG what a nightmare that started. When we got her she was very cold. Got her home and gave her the once over. She's four years old and was coming up for a shed according to her previous owner. Now he said that she had a bit of a pary trick where she would puff her throat out when she hissed (Which she did quite a bit). We got her on friday and by monday she looked terriable. thats when i noticed the bubbles coming out of her mouth. We got her straight in to Clayton Knight (Fantistic vet by the way) and he diagnosed RI, so striaght onto daily Baytril injections. After a week and a half i noticed blisters forming along her back and sides, freaked out went back to the vets and found out she had blister diesese as well. wow. Her eyes were still opaque and she was still not doing to well but was better then before. Well imaging my surprise when she shed 3 days later and the thickness of it was amazing!! in some places it was nearly 5mm. but wow what an improvement. Unfortunately where the blisters were the scales were damaged but it wasnt too bad. She has come ahead leaps and bounds shed again on friday (damaged areas looking heaps better) and finally ate something last night. So here she is. Starlight the diamond python.
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0.0.1 Antaresia maculosa
0.1.0 Morelia spilota variegata
0.0.2 Morelia bredli
0.1.0 Morelia spilota spilota
0.0.1 Pogona vitticeps
0.0.1 Tiliqua scincoides
Wow we have more then we thought!!
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19-Sep-06, 09:26 AM
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WOW! what a was the previous owner doing to the poor thing!
Have you told them/asked how they were keeping her??
Good to see she is getting better with propper care though :-)
She is lovely!
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19-Sep-06, 09:31 AM
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Yeah what's the story from the previous owner??? irresponsible if you ask me.
Good thing starlight is with you now...sounds like she is getting the care she deserves!
Nice work and well done.
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1.0.1 Morelia Spilota Metcalfei...0.1.0 Morelia Spliota Spilota
0.1.0 Morelia Bredli...1.0.0 Liasis maculosa
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19-Sep-06, 09:40 AM
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Starlight is beautiful! Such a happy story!
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19-Sep-06, 09:49 AM
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I think you might have a friend for life there mate, she is beautiful & goes to show a bit of TLC goes a long way, well done
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19-Sep-06, 10:18 AM
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She's a beautiful Girl.
Nice to hear she's in good hands now but i would be having some serious words with the previous owner!!
Cheers,
Misky
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19-Sep-06, 10:22 AM
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This story brought tears to my eyes. You always read & hear about checking an animal's health before buying, and not to buy it if it looks ill in any way. But you have gone out of your way to provide a better life for someone that somebody else would have left there to suffer, admitting I probably would have done so, too. All credit goes out to you for your loving care and peseverance that is now paying off. You've just added 10 years or more to this snake's life. BTW she is beautiful.
Kathy 
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Last edited by mysnakesau; 19-Sep-06 at 10:28 AM.
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19-Sep-06, 01:12 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jun-05 Location: Caboolture, QLD Age: 27 | | | |
Thx for the replies guys, they previous owner wasn't a bad guy. just had a collection that he didnt have the time for. He was genuinely shocked when i told him bout starlight. she's coloring up nicely. very pale yellow and black and she has a fantastic personallity. very curious and loves giving lots of 'kisses' (and no she doesnt bite). im very happy with her now and was worth the costs involved. now all i have to do is find her a boyfriend for 2 yrs time. she wont be cooled next year because of to much risk of the RI reoccuring.
thanks again
krystal
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0.0.1 Antaresia maculosa
0.1.0 Morelia spilota variegata
0.0.2 Morelia bredli
0.1.0 Morelia spilota spilota
0.0.1 Pogona vitticeps
0.0.1 Tiliqua scincoides
Wow we have more then we thought!!
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19-Sep-06, 01:16 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jun-06 Location: Here Gender: | | |  good job, well done! Nice diamond too
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19-Sep-06, 01:59 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-06 Location: Perth, West Australia Age/Gender: 24 | | | |
what an ordeal, i'm glad she's doing well now =)
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19-Sep-06, 06:47 PM
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congrats- I hope that is the best snake you ever have- you deserve it!
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20-Sep-06, 02:23 PM
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I dunno about beinging tears to my eyes . . but you deffinatly did a good thing. Best of luck.=]
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20-Sep-06, 03:27 PM
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She's a gorgeous looking diamond Krystal and obviously in very good hands with you. I'm sure she'll bring you heaps of enjoyment
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