Blister Disease

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Originally Posted by Dread

The temps are being worked on, going to see a good herp vet would include two rounds of air cargo shipping off island and back... it isn't going to happen.

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Then I hope you can get that snake taken care of. That doesn't look good at all. You needed to check if you can find a vet that does snakes before you EVER buy a snake.

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Originally Posted by stangs13

Then I hope you can get that snake taken care of. That doesn't look good at all. You needed to check if you can find a vet that does snakes before you EVER buy a snake.

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It's not his snake, hon--he's helping someone else out with their snake. :)

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Originally Posted by stangs13

You needed to check if you can find a vet that does snakes before you EVER buy a snake.

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I wouldn't want any vet anywhere "doing" my snakes, but it would certainly be an ideal situation to have an experienced herp vet available. And your little scolding would have great effect in a perfect world, but think, how many herp vets were available in 1945 when Roger Conant brought that ball python to the Philadelphia Zoo? There are now volumes of literature on reptile husbandry, hundreds of reptile web forums with thousands of users. If the only advice one can get from a forum as high-quality as BP.net is "go see a vet" for an infection, then we should all re-examine our reasons for taking part. How about throwing a good idea out there on the following problem: How do you attract a veterinarian experienced in dealing with reptiles to a city of 200,000 that doesn't have a reptile community because everyone has been waiting to get their pet reptile until such a vet arrives in a country where it is 10X easier to get into medical school than it is to become a vet? Please get back to me on that one.

Not to say that BP.net isn't a great resource with hundreds of highly-educated and/or experienced keepers. That is in fact the reason I posted here. Thankfully other forums have had users with more experience and sage advice, and an effective treatment program has been started that is drastically improving this snake's condition. If nothing more can be gained from this thread on my end, at least other users can read and learn from what has been put forward here.

Hey dread,


what substrate does your friend have him on? it looks to be drying out, are there any blisters on his/her back?? also has she shed since this whole ordeal started?

~mike

think I'm gonna be sick...... :puke2:

Dread,

I sent you a PM.

Rick

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Originally Posted by Dread

I wouldn't want any vet anywhere "doing" my snakes, but it would certainly be an ideal situation to have an experienced herp vet available. And your little scolding would have great effect in a perfect world, but think, how many herp vets were available in 1945 when Roger Conant brought that ball python to the Philadelphia Zoo? There are now volumes of literature on reptile husbandry, hundreds of reptile web forums with thousands of users. If the only advice one can get from a forum as high-quality as BP.net is "go see a vet" for an infection, then we should all re-examine our reasons for taking part. How about throwing a good idea out there on the following problem: How do you attract a veterinarian experienced in dealing with reptiles to a city of 200,000 that doesn't have a reptile community because everyone has been waiting to get their pet reptile until such a vet arrives in a country where it is 10X easier to get into medical school than it is to become a vet? Please get back to me on that one.

Not to say that BP.net isn't a great resource with hundreds of highly-educated and/or experienced keepers. That is in fact the reason I posted here. Thankfully other forums have had users with more experience and sage advice, and an effective treatment program has been started that is drastically improving this snake's condition. If nothing more can be gained from this thread on my end, at least other users can read and learn from what has been put forward here.

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I didn't scold you! You took that so so so wrong. Just chill, I tried to help, and you wont except it. That is a shame, because I don't want to see a snake die. And vets don't "do" your snakes...they heal them.

What more information do you want? We don't have certified herp vet on BP.net. I am sorry about that.

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Originally Posted by AzureN1ght

It's not his snake, hon--he's helping someone else out with their snake. :)

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I know. But it is just a little info in general.:rockon:

the first BP was brought to a zoo in 1954?

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Originally Posted by stangs13

Then I hope you can get that snake taken care of. That doesn't look good at all. You needed to check if you can find a vet that does snakes before you EVER buy a snake.

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I don't think it's too unreasonable that he thought you were being kinda snippy with him, even if you didn't mean to be. It's the wording. As an English major, I see it all the time.

Using the pronoun "you" to make a statement about people in general can be misinterpreted. One could recognize that the "you" pronoun was meant as a general reference to people, or one could interpret it properly and interpret the "you" as meaning the person (or people) that you are directly talking to. It seems that Dread took your "you" to mean him personally (that's how I read it, also).

If you had said: "People should try and find a vet that does snakes before they EVER buy a snake.", it would have at least been in the context that you meant.

Although, even if you hadn't been using confusing pronouns, the comment seemed a little off-base. Seeing as how Dread is helping someone else out with his snake problems, and he has already stated that it's not really possible to see a vet, he didn't really need to be told again that he should be seeing one.

I know you were trying to help, but Dread's reaction to your post wasn't entirely off-base, J.