snake with no tongue

[lutzd]

I too think it's absolutely great that he's eating again! That's great news.

I feel that I have to point out that the purpose of the forum is to share information, communicate and get/give advice. If you give advice, please do it in a non-agressive manner. Remember that is are more than one way to do things, and you may not agree with the way someone else does things..... but that doesn't necessarily make them wrong.

If you get advice that you don't like, by all means disagree, but it's best to do it in a manner that simply states your point of view logically. I think the best way is to receive all the advice in a friendly manner. Take on board that which you think will help you and discard the rest. Life's too short to get uptight about what someone else has said.

There's a heap of knowledgeable people here and there are also lots of newbies. The very experienced herpers should realise that they were newbies once too and didn't really know what they were doing to start with. How many of us can say we haven't made mistakes at one time or another? Newbies should realise that they have a lot to learn and gladly listen to any advice offered. Doesn't mean you should blindly follow everything someone says...... examine the information offered and decide if it is helpful to you and put it together with other research.

The above is just my opinion, but I don't think it can hurt to follow these principles.

[tweety2]

i too have a snake with no tongue. i have to force feed her once a week, i agree it stresses the animal out but i have no other choice as she refuses to eat by herself, i have offered her live and thawed but she isnt interested so its up to me to keep her going. I brought her from a reputable pet shop whom taught me how to feed her and wouldnt let me take her home until they were sure i had it right. As far as i can tell the story of how she lost her tongue was that someone in a different pet shop (before the one i brought her from) put a live rat in and walked away, then when the shop went under she was sold to where i got her from without them even knowing that her tongue had been bitten out, it took the new shop about a week to relise that her tongue was missing, she was offered to us for a very reduced price. I will admit it is a very dawnting task each week and i hate to see her distressed, but i refuse to let her die so force feed her it is. i think its great that your snake is eating on its own again congrats

Originally Posted by junglemad

Plus Austherps, pick on me if you like and call me stupid, though we've never met, but don't put crap on this whole site. It is bigger than both of us...especially you

Wasnt crap good advice dont feed live and not 2 animals in same cage if you have to stun food fiets and feed seperatly

[junglemad]

thank you very much for your advice She