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Worried about Ma-tsu

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  • 03-24-2008, 02:09 PM
    Perry
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Glad to hear Ma-tsu's surgery was a success. Hopefully she recover's great and that you find out exactly what those little buggers are. Also I hope Neptune doesn't have them either. Good luck with both of them!
  • 03-27-2008, 09:00 PM
    MedusasOwl
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Ma-tsu is recovering nicely, btw. :) Still waiting to hear back on the bugs... I haven't noticed any bumps on Neptune but I'm gonna have the vet help me check him over after we know what it is Ma-tsu's got.

    I took a real quick snapshot of her stitches while I was checking for swelling or anything else I should be panicking about. Kinda fuzzy, but she was very "Noooo, I doooon't waaaaannaaaa... :disbelief" squirmy and sulky and just wanted to be left alone. Looks good, healing nice, and one quick pic then she went back to her nap. Poor sweetie.

    http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v2...sustitches.jpg
  • 03-27-2008, 10:25 PM
    MelissaFlipski
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Awww. Poor girl. It's always sad to see stitches. But I am glad the buggers are out. I hope she is back to her normal self as soon as can be. Good catch on that one, btw. :gj: You care for your snakes well!
  • 03-28-2008, 12:32 PM
    kc261
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Good to hear Ma-tsu is recovering.

    I'm not sure I'd ever seen such a close-up pic of a VBB before. Those very pointy scales are nifty looking! So different from a BPs. I also don't remember noticing it when I held a Taiwan Beauty at a pet store or a Trinket at a show. Is it unique to the VBBs or am I just not observant? Or maybe it was because both of the ones I held were youngsters.

    Thanks again for sharing these beauties with all of us.
  • 03-28-2008, 07:44 PM
    MedusasOwl
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Thank you, still waiting to hear back on the bugs! I asked today while making an appointment for one of my rabbits because it's always something. :crazy:

    Yes, I'm pretty sure Taiwans have similarly shaped scales, but I don't tend to notice how pointy they are when I'm handling my snakes either. Photos are cool like that, make us notice things we didn't before. I notice the texture more during handling. Every reptile show I go to I'm amazing at how soft the Retics are! And yes, I cuddle a baby retic at virtually every show. :love:

    Here's a couple of older nice close-ups of Ma-tsu scales while she's in the blue. A friend got permission to use of the first one as a dragon scale icon for an RPG she's doing. ;) snake scale close-ups fascinate me, I wish I had the patience to do them justice art wise.

    http://www.bluegorgon.com/matsuwallpaper3.bmp
    http://www.bluegorgon.com/matsuwallpaper2.bmp
  • 03-28-2008, 08:25 PM
    MelissaFlipski
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Gorgeous pictures! The shape of the scales is great!
  • 03-29-2008, 12:34 AM
    kc261
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Those close up pics are awesome! The contrast of textures between the pointy scales and the mist droplets is just wow.
  • 03-29-2008, 11:30 PM
    Shelby
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    'In the blue' indeed! Great pics there.
  • 04-04-2008, 07:16 PM
    MedusasOwl
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Thank you. :)

    Well, it's official: It's tape worms. Now we're basically waiting on a decision amongst the vets on how to treat it. There's a shot that should take care of it, but they're not 100% that it's ok to use with reptiles and wonder if it's better to try and find and cut all of them out. :weirdface I'm hoping the anti-tapeworm shot turns out to be a safe way to go... anybody else have experience with this?
  • 04-04-2008, 07:58 PM
    Blu Mongoose
    Re: Worried about Ma-tsu
    Hope all goes well. Glad to hear she's on her way to recovery.
    Let us know how it goes with the tape worm treatment
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