No vet nearby; need help

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Originally Posted by royalballs

well this is how i run things here and i never lost a snake to infection or disease and I have had snakes that were close to dying many times. im old fashioned but don't tell me what i do is wrong it works for me, so if your intent with pumping your snakes with all this bull:cens0r::cens0r::cens0r::cens0r: medicine then go ahead but believe it or not reptiles are the far most incredible healers in the world and don't need medicine for healing, all they need is the right conditions. hey bud i hope you dont take my advice, and listen to all these other guys and hope your snake gets better. but i hate how ppl got the nerve to say what i do is wrong. The one snake i ever lost was i fed one of my snakes a live rat and the rat killed my snake i was young and my first snake.. I have rehabilitated 100's of snakes from corns to retics and my methods work you name it i had it belly burn where there was puss comeing out i rescued him a boa he was almost bbq i saved him my way, belly rot, saved him my way, rot mouth RI saved them my way, eye capes multipul ones saved them my way i had one so bad the eye was dead underneath and i removed the eye and it healed no problem.. , im more hands on with my animals, the only time i ever took a snake to a vet was when i had burm swallow a piece of wood and i waited but it wouldn't come out yes i took him to a vet and it was lodged in his intestine, im not saying vets are bad but reptiles dont need medicine or vet help for every little thing ,and i think it will lower their life span. But again please don't take my advice thank you good luck with your little guy!!!!

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For thousands of years ppl have done whatever they could to fix what ails them and their animals and they SWORE by it. But you know when I have migraine I don't drill a hole in my head, I take a Tylenol. People are living longer than ever because there were willing to learn and use more and more modern treatment methods.

While your animals my have survived and recovered with the treatments you described above, many of the methods you mentioned have been proven to not be the best or most effective method. Nothing helps RI like antibiotics, period. Antibiotics kill RI bacteria.

Justin

Hi, I´m relatively new to this site, but I have to agree that you should take your snake to the vet. About the fasting a trick I have used on my girl when she wasn't eating, I found this on some website "an exposed brain can induce a hungry snake to eat" (I know this is quite nasty but it worked on my girl, although I would recommend doing this with a pre-killed mouse/rat.)
Best of luck with your snake and I hope he/she will get better.

o_o; Uh. Now now kids?

I thank you for your advice.... and for those telling me to ignore it and go to a vet I figured the first post covered it. I can -not- get him to a vet. Think of it as a downfall of living in the middle of nowhere. By the time I can get him to a vet should there still be problems I will.

I'm not expecting a perfect medical opinion. I will take all the advice I can get so please don't bicker amongst yourselves.

As far as my specifics. Right now his cage is about 85-90 F, 50 gallon glass tank, newspaper bedding. An under tank heating pad, a main heating lamp with a secondary I use during the winter.

He eats medium sized rats.... he has a thing for female rats. I don't understand it but in the years I've had him he's never eaten a male rat no matter how hard I try. I can try for weeks and the second I switch to a female rat BAM he eats. Kind of wishing it was that simple again this time around.

Where exactly do you live?

I would definitely call the vet's office and ask for some advice. Explain your driving situation to them and ask to speak to a vet on the phone perhaps, or maybe the person who answers could give you some tips. If you have to, ask to maybe set up a certain time in between the vet's appointments to call and talk to him, if he happens to be busy when you call. If you keep a short record of daily notes about his condition, that might help the vet get a better idea of what's going on since he can't meet you and your BP personally. Hope these ideas help. :)

I've suggested calling a vet. I bet you have a phone ;) You have not posted any pictures. Connie explained to you the dangers of any forum member trying to diagnose your snake.
Danger Danger Danger
Call a vet.

you should get a taxi or take a bus to the vet; your problem sounds really serious.

You do need to at least call a herp vet for advice. I know not having a car sucks, but maybe you can get some kind of rideshare. Otherwise, paper towels, newspaper, high temps. Possibly remove the water dish and replace with a smaller one to lower the humidity.

Just as aside for others reading, not necessarily the original poester, i advise everyone to have an emergency plan in case your animals do get sick. stash some money away only to be used for emergencies and have some reliable people or taxi companies that can get you where you need to go and see if there are multiple herp vets in the area, or emergency night-time vets open at 1 in the morning. Have a special snake carrier that is always ready to go in an emergency! it saves enough timee that it may save your animal's life!


I don't think many people have had snakes long enough to "prove" that medication is bad for them. medical fields are always changing, there is a pet revolution going on.

What type of UTH do you have and what controls it?

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Originally Posted by darkbloodwyvern

...Just as aside for others reading, not necessarily the original poester, i advise everyone to have an emergency plan in case your animals do get sick. stash some money away only to be used for emergencies and have some reliable people or taxi companies that can get you where you need to go and see if there are multiple herp vets in the area, or emergency night-time vets open at 1 in the morning. Have a special snake carrier that is always ready to go in an emergency! it saves enough timee that it may save your animal's life!...

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I agree and have a snake first aid kit with PAM, heat pads, spare t'stat and spare t'stat parts, some cash, tube socks (to put heat pads in), neosporin, snake bags, phone numbers for the vet and for the night-time emergent care place, etc. It is best to be prepared so that an emergency does not become a crisis :colbert: