the.badger
Well-Known Member
Aww thanks guys, how'd I stumble upon such an awesome group of people??
and just wondering with tattooing, how did you get into it? like were did you practice and that?
I found them on the net. They were just cheap snakes and I like the big ones. The female was a bit skinny but I figured a good feed would solve that. The enclosure was big and cold to spite a 275watt bathroom heat lamp. The first owner kept them out in the shed in nothing more than wardrobe with chicken wire on the back. At least this guy built a enclosure for them and kept them indoors. He had lots of herps before but no snakes. He seemed pretty genuine, but uninformed/misinformed. He was going to a new "live on site" type job.
So I got these snakes home and started to plan a new enclosure for them because this one was to big and impractical. It became more urgent when the male starterd excapeing from the back which was that flimsy wood/cardboard stuff found on cupboards/wardrobes.
I was nearly finished the new one when the electrics died in the old one. So they cooled overnight and it got a little messy, but as I was warming them up again I noticed Bonnie hissing when she moved and yawning a lot, and the hiss didn't sound clear. As said, Clyde started eating but Bon just became reclusive, staying in her hide. So off to the vet and he gave me antibiotics to inject every second day and some F10 which I used in a 1:500 dilution via nebuliser twice a day. Last Sunday she had the fourth and final dose of antibiotics. This week she has still refuses to eat but she comes out of her hide at night and peers out of it during the day (so cute) the way she did when I brought her. The hissing and yawning has stopped also and her breathing sounds clear. Both snakes have had a wonderful shed, (had a bad one just before I got them) and they really look nice. Now we just hope Bonnie eats as she is only 1.9kg. Again, she has only just shed and I will allow a week for her body to get up to speed before taking her back to the vet. The vet mentioned something about possible liver damage and a bad prognosis if this was the case. I am hoping that her improved activity is a sign that the liver is ok.
Any way, I better go to bed.
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