A very sad message

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Originally Posted by johnsgirl128

The problem with cyrin was that she never assumed the "ball" position after i told a fellow snake owner who has been handling snakes since he was about six this info he said that it sounds like a spinal disease. .

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Wow, your friend diagnosed your snake from a description?

Honestly, just because it didn't ever ball up does NOT mean that it had a spinal disease. I only have a couple that ever ball up, and I can assure you that the rest do NOT have spinal diseases.

I'm very sorry to hear of your loss!

Well he said it was a possibility but not a definetely see what i cant understand is that i found her belly up in her cage and thats not normal im so unsure i did everything i could and took good care of her if you have any clues as to why she was like that it would be appreciated.:(

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Originally Posted by johnsgirl128

Well he said it was a possibility but not a definetely see what i cant understand is that i found her belly up in her cage and thats not normal im so unsure i did everything i could and took good care of her if you have any clues as to why she was like that it would be appreciated.:(

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The only way to know for sure is to take her to the vet and have a necropsy performed - anything else would be speculation.

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Originally Posted by johnsgirl128

Thank all of you so much for your support. and thank you for your offer. The problem with cyrin was that she never assumed the "ball" position after i told a fellow snake owner who has been handling snakes since he was about six this info he said that it sounds like a spinal disease. i just recently found that the place where i bought her from has a bad reputation for having sick animals. :( (for joe) i dont have a personal e-mail b\c I have no internet at home but my zip is 40258. and of course you can always reach me here. I use computers at my college. how would i go about finding shipping cost.

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OK, just a little update here.Johnsgirl has accepted my offer of the male corn snake:cool: .

sorry to hear that, the same thing happened to my first BP b/c it was sold to me with RI and mites and I was a newbie.....:(...but now I have a very healthy new BP :)

really sorry to hear about the loss of your BP. everyone asks me "how can you love a snake?". well, my snakes are better to me than some peope have been *grin*

I too lost not one, but 2 snakes. I have a beautiful male on about 15 years ago now, and someone stole him and sold him for drug money.

second hit me harder for some reason. I bought 2 males from a guy in louisana who I'll not name, and he didnt ship them properly, and by the time they got here, one of them was dead. I managed to coax the live one back from the brink of death, and he is currently about 2 - 2 1/2 pounds now...talk about heavy bodied snake

again, I'm real sorry to lost him.
*hugs and stuff*

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Originally Posted by Gurgie

really sorry to hear about the loss of your BP. everyone asks me "how can you love a snake?". well, my snakes are better to me than some peope have been *grin*

I too lost not one, but 2 snakes. I have a beautiful male on about 15 years ago now, and someone stole him and sold him for drug money.

second hit me harder for some reason. I bought 2 males from a guy in louisana who I'll not name, and he didnt ship them properly, and by the time they got here, one of them was dead. I managed to coax the live one back from the brink of death, and he is currently about 2 - 2 1/2 pounds now...talk about heavy bodied snake

again, I'm real sorry to lost him.
*hugs and stuff*

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Not trying to get something started here.If you have someone ship you snakes that were not properly shipped and it was done on purpose.Then i feel you should let others know to avoid this person.If this was a plain mistake on the shippers part then i feel the person should get the benafit of doubt.What i am really trying to say if you have proof that this person has shipped reptiles in the same manor as yours numerous times to others.Then you should post your info in the inquiry section here to warn others.Why let someone else go thru the same heartbreak as you did,when you could have prevented it:) .