Thin rescue ball python tips needes

Hooray that is great news from the vet. I don't have any advise to offer since it's all been covered but I wanted to wish you and new snakie the best and hope for a good recovery.

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Originally Posted by Mathilda

Thanks for the name suggestions also! Initially I loved the name Lazarus! Then when I seen the lighting bolt-ish scar I was going to go with Harry lol I'm just a little bit of a Potterhead. Totally lost on female names, though! I was almost certain she would be a he.

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How about Lily? (Harry Potter's mom)

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Ok! We're back from the vet and it's a girl! The vet feels she's mostly just severely dehydrated and underfed. He felt the mouse she ate yesterday was digesting properly, she is mite free, and we are to bring in a fecal sample to double check for parasites.

I'm also as prepared emotionally as I can be, should she not make it, though I do need the reminders because I do almost immediately get attached. The vet did mention the negative consequences of prolonged dehydration and the effect it could have on her body. I'll definitely do my best for her, and even if it's a short amount of time, at least she wasn't suffering for her final days.

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Good to hear that the vet went pretty well! I'm also glad to hear that you're doing your best to keep in the right mindset. I absolutely do think that no matter what happens, you made her life better.

I will say this, she IS worth fighting for, only cause she is fighting


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1)water
2)humidity
3)proper temperatures
4)secure homes (hides, caves, cribs, hides holes, whatever you want to call them)
5)appropriately sized food

= healthy ball python.

Giving them water, good hides and appropriate food was pretty easy for me as a beginner a couple years ago.
Proper temps were the most difficult to figure out (had to buy a good thermostat, install heat tape and buy an ambient heat source on a second thermostat!) when I first started, proper humidity took some time, but once I switched to tubs with moist substrate, it got much easier.

GOOD LUCK LITTLE FELLA!

Glad to hear the appointment went well.

There's clearly some fight in that girl. And for what it's worth, I still like Phoenix

Good deal. Glad to hear. You still might want to keep the feeding every 7 days. Id say every weekend so its a easy schedule too. Remember if a person is starving they will gorge themselves also but that doesn't mean its good for them. Id want to make sure she doesn't get constipated, possibly prolapse from being so dehydrated and trying to pass a bunch of solid excrement.
Looks like your going to have a healthy Pet soon. You saved her [emoji1362]

You could still name her Harry, I know a few ladies who shorten Harriet to Harry :)

For the next rescue, feed small meals and after a couple of days of hydratation. If they are starving they will take anything, but it can also kill them.
Important is to leave her alone. Stress is a really bad thing right now. So, get the husbandry right and dont check on him every two minutes.

And it's a mojve.


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Originally Posted by rafacacho

For the next rescue, feed small meals and after a couple of days of hydratation. If they are starving they will take anything, but it can also kill them.
Important is to leave her alone. Stress is a really bad thing right now. So, get the husbandry right and dont check on him every two minutes.

And it's a mojve.


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Thanks for that info! I'm sure she won't be the last one I take in like this. I haven't messed with her since coming home from the vet. I just take a look through the tub to check on her and make sure the temp probe is still in place. She's already starting to look less wrinkled, and her stuck shed it's slowly flaking off. Temps and humidity are great.

Thanks to everyone! I'll do updates periodically on this thread and update test results once she gives us a fecal sample.

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Originally Posted by Mathilda

Thanks for that info! I'm sure she won't be the last one I take in like this. I haven't messed with her since coming home from the vet. I just take a look through the tub to check on her and make sure the temp probe is still in place. She's already starting to look less wrinkled, and her stuck shed it's slowly flaking off. Temps and humidity are great.

Thanks to everyone! I'll do updates periodically on this thread and update test results once she gives us a fecal sample.

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Pictures. Don’t forget pictures as we love them.


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