New member of the family comming soon!!

hahahahaha, godfather reads nancy drew.

This is crazier than the Boxcar Children book 23 ! LOL Yeah maybe throw a cup of pediolyte in for the next soak to add some electrolytes. Not sure what to do for the burns - hopefully you won't have to make that vet trip but as you know be on the look-out for internal parasites if this bugger doesn't eat relatively soon. I'm sure once you get him a real set-up and some decent hydration he'll come around.

Thank God you got the poor little critter.
I am about ready to put the beat down on the petco by my house where I got Ozzy.
10bps in one small cage no way to record temp or humidity.
A beautiful albino burm that is dehydrated and sold customer will pick up Sat.
Almost want to wait up there Sat to tell new owner how bad it is dehydrated
especially sine he plunked down 2 bills for the little guy.
I was wondering who you contact about those types of things????

there is really nothing that can be done about it. since reptiles are imported in such large quanities, the "officials" would could care less about them.

But if you feel antsy you can give the local humane society a call - if they don't deal with it they can give you the number of people that do.

Wizill That is sad :(
Yeah I was gonna give them a try Jonah

One more suggestion, Carl: too much soaking will actually dry out his skin more than the burns already have, so if he's not dehydrated I'd try to avoid the soaking. Other than that, just making sure he's in a secure clean enclosure with good heat gradient and paper towel for substrate and making sure to apply the neosporin daily and not bother him otherwise ought to get you through. One of my boys got a burn a while back and it was much better after a single shed and pretty much undetectable after two.

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He went back to the pet shop and (as he put it) kissed her @$$.

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For some reason, he has always had an unmistakable knack for kissing @$$ ... LOL. I'm glad you guys were able to get guy out of there. Good luck with him/her.

oh but to note Wizill is probably right - they usually don't care about snakes or reptiles and only go if there are kittens or dogs.

The burn runs prety much the entire length of his body. He is unable to bend about a 3 inch section of his body. When being held, he stays rellatively stiff except for around the head and neck region. His eyes were dented, but after the soaks have popped back out.

The Neosporin that I have has Bacitracin, Neomycin, Polymyxin, Tocopheryl Acetate, Cocoa butter and other common crud. Is this ok to use?