Emergency Vet Visit

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Originally Posted by juddb

When she was stuck in the cup, you should have force fed her a jumbo rat, that way she would have popped the cup off herself. Then give her a dose of vodka, to ease the pain. It works trust me:gj:

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*facepalm*

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Originally Posted by juddb

when she was stuck in the cup, you should have force fed her a jumbo rat, that way she would have popped the cup off herself. Then give her a dose of vodka, to ease the pain. It works trust me:gj:

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Originally Posted by mindibun

*facepalm*

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

BPelizabeth - She was able to do it because I had a bunch of bowls and cups in her cage. It's a long story... (She got loose a few times, and each time I found her in a box with those cups and bowls. So to try to discourage her from leaving I put the stuff she seeingly liked to be next to inside her cage.

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I can see where you're coming from, I've put some stuff in some of my snakes' cages for them to play with.

My boa has a whole bunch of those sanded grapevines they sell for reptiles. In my corns' cages, I put a paper towel tube and several squares of styrofoam insulation. It gives them something to occupy them to discourage them from trying to get out the top.

However, on the top of those 3 cages are bricks. Some people would think this is overkill, but the 2 corns and the boas are the most apt of all of them to try to escape.

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Originally Posted by zantedeschia

I can see where you're coming from, I've put some stuff in some of my snakes' cages for them to play with.

My boa has a whole bunch of those sanded grapevines they sell for reptiles. In my corns' cages, I put a paper towel tube and several squares of styrofoam insulation. It gives them something to occupy them to discourage them from trying to get out the top.

However, on the top of those 3 cages are bricks. Some people would think this is overkill, but the 2 corns and the boas are the most apt of all of them to try to escape.

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Be careful with those toilet paper tubes. Knowing Adalae, she would double herself over inside the tube and get stuck. T_T

Oh, and on the plus side of this vet visit, I finally got a weight on her. That hefty chicka weighs 3 POUNDS! It was more than 1,000 grams. The last time I weighed her she was only 300g! -lol- I was blown away when he told me the weight. She looks so small to me!

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Originally Posted by Mindibun

We just got back from rushing Adalae to the vet. I swear this snake gets into so much trouble ...

She somehow managed to get her body stuck in the handle of a metal coffee cup, so far along that I couldn't back her out of it.

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My BP's are also addicted to coffee. Do yours prefer the light or dark roast? :)

JonV

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Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj

My BP's are also addicted to coffee. Do yours prefer the light or dark roast? :)

JonV

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We don't drink coffee in this household. The coffee mugs are typically used for tea. ;) And the vet actually put "coffee mug removal" on the bill. I laughed and said it should have more accurately been called a "coffee mug extraction."

David said that if we were being really and truly technical about it, it would have been called a "caffeine consumption unit disencumberment." :rolleyes:

Wow, I would have broke out the dremel. haha
That guy sounded like a typical Vet, main reason why I switched professions. Main question I asked when I finally decided to be a Vet was "Ok I want to be a exotic vet either with Tigers or Reptiles, do you offer the classes and teaching for me to do this?" They told me no, the only way you can learn that stuff was first hand work experience. Changed from Animal Science to Biology that day and now becoming a legal drug dealer (pharmacist haha) If this is so there is no wonder why so few vets are so ill informed of our pets. It's sad.

Glad she's okay! :oops: Her injury looks similar to when my corn snake got stuck in the car, and wrapped herself in the dashboard for 3 weeks... long story, but I subsequently changed her name to "Dash." :D Anyway, it's been almost 2 months since Dash's ordeal, and she's healing fine without anything. She just shed last week, and looks even better now! So I wouldn't worry much about it, unless you think anything is off with her breathing. JMO, of course.

You could have bought a hacksaw for $20 or less or borrowed one to cut the cup handle off.

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Originally Posted by unspecified42

I have to admit, I'm curious what you would have done if they weren't. I'd think an X-ray on a snake would be difficult since they aren't really fans of holding still!

Sorry you had to take her to the vet- she does sound like a troublesome snake!

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They tube a snake in order to get an X ray.

Jim Smith