Rescue....Manasa (Somewhat graphic pics)

On occasion, I take in reptiles as rescues. Today, I picked up a female ball python.

As described by the previous owner, "Monkeywrench" was her son's snake. She was kept in a 100 gallon tank with wood chips and a water bowl - no hides. Her young son lost interest in the snake and began to neglect her. The mother, who loves animals but is terrified of snakes, continued to buy "Monkeywrench" live rats and throw them in with her unsupervised.

The snake went off of food and it looks like a rat got a hold of her pretty good. :( She also sounds like she has a respiratory infection.

The stuck shed on her head was removed but there are still thick scabs on her nose (I left those alone). The left eye appears to be shriveled up.

When I get paid this week I will be taking her to the vet for a check up.

Luckily, she has great body weight. She's also very tolerant and gentle despite all my poking and prodding.

I have renamed her Manasa. New life, new name. :)

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Shed removed, scabs remain:
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Aww poor thing :(.

Some people just SUCK! Good thing Manasa has a new place to call home. Nice lookin BP too.. I love the light colors.


Cheers:gj:

Awwww poor baby.. Im glad you have her now and that she will be taken care of. Good job :gj:

Oh poor thing, battle scarred but beautiful. glad she's got a home now, my heart goes out to her, no animal should be made to suffer like that!

that is so sad, how could someone let that happen. i'm happy to hear that she'll be taken care of.

Very sad indeed

But on another note i like that stripe down the back of it :salute:

Oh my gosh!!!! *faints* I was expecting her to be all chewed up on her spine, but not her head!!! Wow that's crazy! I'm glad you have her and will be taking great care of her. I hate it when parents let their kids neglect their animals, they should get rid of the animal the minute the kid stops caring for it!

Very sad :( She is such a pretty girl too!!! Very nice of you to take her in and try and help her!!!!

imo you shouldn't buy a kid an animal that you cant take care of it yourself if the kid were to loose interest(which most kids do). most people just cant think ahead.
but she's a gorgeous girl and im glad you gave her a good home!

Anytime I see things like that I feel extremely sad.:(

Kudos for the rescue, and update us when she gets some nice TLC from you and the vet!:gj:

:bow: Nice rescue man!!! :banana:NEW LIFE NEW NAME!!! And plus she is Awsome!!

Very pretty girl...good luck with her.

Thank you for the well wishes, everyone. She's really a great girl. I will keep you guys updated and hopefully I'll have some drastic turn around pictures in a couple months :)

Nice job rescuing her :gj:

Nice to see she will be getting better care now :D :D :D

Poor sweet baby. My heart just breaks for her.

I'm so glad you got her and are giving her a fresh start. Hopefully with love and care, she'll come out looking much better. Please keep the updates coming, perhaps one day I'll be in a position to rescue as well.

Gale

That is such a shame! I hope she don't lose her eye... I've seen some where they get so bad they just shrivel up and fall out of their head, for the lack of better words. Good of you to take her in though.

The eye is hard and shriveled, it most likely is not viable anymore :(

Thank you again for all the well wishes. I was looking at her again tonight and it looks like she is trying to get scale rot, too. I have a feeling this vet bill is going to be a doozy :( time for me to take some emergency art commissions, haha.

I am so tired of parents buying their kids animals and then not being prepared to care for them when their children lose interest. While I know that what happened to Manasa was not malicious or intentional, it kills me that they just didn't bother to do the research. The information is out there and it is so readily available, there is no excusing it. I know they have internet, because I was in constant email contact with the mother.

While I am very grateful that the mom took responsibility and gave Manasa to me despite her children's wishes, I wish she had done it sooner rather then let her son neglect her at all.

Gosh , poor girl , good job taking her in!

what happened to her eye think she can see out of it again?



thanks so much for helping her u rock!!

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what happened to her eye think she can see out of it again?

thanks so much for helping her u rock!!

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Rat bites. :( No, I think she will lose the eye.

Thanks :) I just hope she heals quickly under my care.. I hope to be posting "got well" pictures soon.

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Rat bites. :( No, I think she will lose the eye.

Thanks :) I just hope she heals quickly under my care.. I hope to be posting "got well" pictures soon.

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I hope you can post them pictures soon too. Good luck to you and the snake!

OMG...that is just terrible...and she is such a pretty girl. Good on you for saving her. I swear it just totally kills me everytime I hear things like this.

I just rescued a 3 year old Blue tongue skink.....took her to the vet. She has MBD...2 fractures in her tail and a fractured wrist, only a couple of toes left and an infection. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....seriously cannot stand ppl that don't take the time to learn how to take care of their animals...or just don't care.

Ok...so sorry to go off....I will go get a glass wine now....carry on! :please:

Ouch. Poor thing. I'm glad you took her in! And yeah, I'm pretty sure the eye is dead. As long as nothing gets infected, she should make a speedy recovery though. Best of luck with her! Keep us updated!

wow...:( Sorry to see what has happened to this beautiful girl.

It's so awesome you took her in, though! Despite what has happened to her, she looks like an absolute sweetheart.

Kudos for the rescue, my friend :salute: and I hope she experiences a speedy recovery!

Some people just dont know they are doing wrong. Not that it excuses it.

At least snakes have other forms of vision such as there heat pits and jacobson organ. Blind humans will be much worse off compared to a ball.

At least she looks nice and round and she is in good hands now. Im sure she will live a very happy snake life for the rest of her life.

Good job on your behalf for taking her in. :gj:

Hope it goes well for you both

Jim

Also remember pet stores can give out bad advise and the lady may have thought the advise was correct and didnt take research any further.

Thats why places like this site are so important.

Keep up the good work everyone:gj:

Jim

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Oh my gosh!!!! *faints* I was expecting her to be all chewed up on her spine, but not her head!!! Wow that's crazy! I'm glad you have her and will be taking great care of her. I hate it when parents let their kids neglect their animals, they should get rid of the animal the minute the kid stops caring for it!

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Your much nicer then I am.

PERSONALLY, this kind of neglect should be accounted for via the law. I know its harsh, but animals ESPECIALLY PETS, rely on us to feed and take care of them. I consider such things just as abusive as if the son beat the snake.

I cant believe how ignorant people can be about animals. I am so knew to the snake world and even I know that snake must have been in absolute horrible environment.

After I got the snake, that mother (and son if he were around) would have gotten quite more then a mouth full of my "thoughts" about them.

Major kudos to the OP for saving this girl. Please keep us updated on her health. Good luck to you.

Good home now!!

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Also remember pet stores can give out bad advise and the lady may have thought the advise was correct and didnt take research any further.

Thats why places like this site are so important.

Keep up the good work everyone:gj:

Jim

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Jim, she was not purchased from a petstore. They bought her from another neglectful owner. They did no research what-so-ever and it really grinds my gears because it's sooo easy to find on ball pythons, of all things. :(

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OMG...that is just terrible...and she is such a pretty girl. Good on you for saving her. I swear it just totally kills me everytime I hear things like this.

I just rescued a 3 year old Blue tongue skink.....took her to the vet. She has MBD...2 fractures in her tail and a fractured wrist, only a couple of toes left and an infection. UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.....seriously cannot stand ppl that don't take the time to learn how to take care of their animals...or just don't care.

Ok...so sorry to go off....I will go get a glass wine now....carry on! :please:

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I completely understand the frustration. My last rescue was a poor leopard gecko who was completely deformed by MBD and had huge abscesses in his mouth... We fought for two months and he was really looking great until he had a sudden down turn and he had to be euthanized. Poor baby..

Good luck with the BTS, they're great lizards. I hope you can turn her around.



As far as Manasa goes, I took her to the vet today. We went to Town and Country Vet Clinic up in Marietta, GA. Dr. Contarino was amazing as always and took great care of Manasa (though the receptionists were pretty scared of her, even though she was bagged!)

She's on Cefazolin injections to take care of any infection that may be trying to crop up. He said that despite what she had been through, she was in pretty good condition. She's been sounding a lot better after just being put in a proper container with proper heating...

She wasn't too pleased about the shots but she was still a great girl, no biting and only minimal struggling... She's going to be on shots for the next two weeks.

Anyone want to help me give her a shot once a day? Haha..curses, living by myself :weirdface

Awww, poor thing. :( But aside from the head scarring, she does appear robust and healthy (weight-wise)... so I bet she'll pull through for you just fine! Good job in rescuing her, and I look forward to seeing her positive updates. :gj:

such a shame she looks liek a pretty think and all. I caught wild snakeswith only one eye and they get pretty toutchy on he blnd side so just way yourself a little. I let the parent know of the vet visit and to inform her son that if he took proper care of it the snake would be happy and in great shape.

I got to work on building me a secondary bank account so Ica nhave a snake fund for stuff. ( add that too a list of 40 things I need to do just this week.)

I feel bad about her eye. Good job on the rescue and I hope she pulls through for you...:gj:

A vet won't be able to do anything for her. The only way snakes can heel themselves is by shedding their skins. The old damaged skin comes off and is replaced by newer/healed skin. After a few sheds she'll have a couple scars but for the most part you won't be able to tell. In the mean time take some polysporin gel and rub it on the sore spots a couple times a day. You'll be amazed what she'll look like after her next shed.

Keep her warm for the RI infection (100F hot spot). I suspect she is making a popping sound not because she has an RI but because her nostrils are plugged. But, to be sure bump her temps and keep an eye on her after she sheds to see if she is still making the popping noise.

Also, keep her dry for the scale rot. The scale rot won't go away until she sheds. Put polysporin gel on it a few times a day and it'll be gone the next time she sheds.

Good luck,
Corey

Stories Like That especially with Pictures like that make REALLY REALLY ANGRY!!!:mad::mad::mad:

so sad but good thing that you came to the rescue!!!!! :gj: