Injured Petsmart BP

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Originally Posted by Godzilla78

I hate to be devil's advocate, but at what point do you euthanize the poor, suffering animal? Looks really bad to me.

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In all honesty, i questioned that myself. From what i can see on his chart he is improving, hoping that he at the least trues to feed tonight. Sadly i cant call that, though my managers have a good experience in snakes as well, so I hope they realise if it gets worse that it has to happen.

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Originally Posted by Godzilla78

I hate to be devil's advocate, but at what point do you euthanize the poor, suffering animal? Looks really bad to me.

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He's thin & has a treatable wound...he probably should have had stitches (& maybe still should?) but I do think he can survive & even thrive with some TLC.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

He's thin & has a treatable wound...he probably should have had stitches (& maybe still should?) but I do think he can survive & even thrive with some TLC.

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He should have had stitches. Not blaming you op. You do what you can without being the boss. Been there, done that. When and if you get this one back to the vet deal with the eye caps as well. Do it all in one. And assist feeding will be hard with the wound where it is. Also been there done that. What about a live pinkie. I had to start Odyn that way. Once he had something in his tummy he realized what food was and hasn't stopped eating since. Which reminds me....it is feeding night.

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Originally Posted by Sunnieskys

He should have had stitches. Not blaming you op. You do what you can without being the boss. Been there, done that. When and if you get this one back to the vet deal with the eye caps as well. Do it all in one. And assist feeding will be hard with the wound where it is. Also been there done that. What about a live pinkie. I had to start Odyn that way. Once he had something in his tummy he realized what food was and hasn't stopped eating since. Which reminds me....it is feeding night.

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They dont allow us to feed live, only frozen (its apparently why our pet mice are priced higher than feeders).

Gonna talk to the managers soon, really hope i can get him to a vet.

The worst part is that i dont even know how long he's been like this, posted that my first night working the floor. Hated walking into that...

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Originally Posted by Slicercrush

They dont allow us to feed live, only frozen (its apparently why our pet mice are priced higher than feeders).

Gonna talk to the managers soon, really hope i can get him to a vet.

The worst part is that i dont even know how long he's been like this, posted that my first night working the floor. Hated walking into that...

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You should be able to feed live with so many feesing failed and a % of body weight lost. If not...petsmart has failed again. Get a copy of the feeding problem protocol asap.

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Any updates?

Any updates????

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Any updates????

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Well, thats embarrassing. Though I had made an update post already for the longest time, sorry to keep you all waiting for such a long time!

In all honesty, I was hoping to come back with better news then what I currently have, but in the least what I have is still good news. About a week ago, one of our local vets took the snake in to his own, personal care to be patched up, and probably kept there for life as a new pet. If i find out what has happened to it since I certainly will do a better job giving an update, but on the bright side, it is nice to know that it found a place to be cared for and nursed back to health.

Thanks for the update, finally...I was afraid that your silence meant that they euthanized him & you just didn't want to say.

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

Thanks for the update, finally...I was afraid that your silence meant that they euthanized him & you just didn't want to say.

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Apologies for not getting back sooner!

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