rescue: Rainbow boa

Here's a new girl in today. Pic is right out of box, you can see how underweight she is, also mites, not an emergency, so she'll see the vet on Monday,
Just thought I'd share
https://ball-pythons.net/albums/Rust...0003.thumb.jpg

Thanks everyone,
Rusty

very cool.

Good luck with her. :)

She is beautiful, I am glad to hear she is in good hands!

We have been looking around for a rainbow, my husband wants one.

Hi all,
"Carl" is doing well.
she has shed (half way) and has givin us a fecal for the vet. She is in great health except a bit underweight and the mites.
She is doing great thou

Hey, I like that name. :D

She's in good hands now.

Hi all,
Update on Carl.
Carl is doing well, eating and living comphtorably, she had a few retained eyecaps that we helped her off with to find a nasty infection in her eyes. (both of them), sadly she may be blind at least in one eye. But she is dealing well with us handeling her and having her optical ointment applied.
So we hope for the best.
Thanks
Rusty

hopefully all will come up good.
wish you the best luck with her. :)
Jesús

That's great to hear she is doing better. Hopefully the infection won't spread, how would you be able to tell if they were blind? Do they not have a pupil? :?

awww thats too bad she may be blind
such a shame
at least she's in good hands now
let us know how the infection plays out

As of now both of her eyes are completely coverd with infection, Kind of like a person with glocoma but it is actually "mushy". ( best analogy I could think of)
I hope she will be ok.
Thanks
Rusty

Thats gross...ewww

Do you think it'll make it? I haven't dealt with many sick herps so I imagine it's tough getting them back to health. Like that mangled bci. I bet it'll do ok, and since it's so cute it'll be snatched up.

This really is the kinda crap that fuels the fire when lawmakers wanna ban herps... People not caring for their animals, setting them free (burms in FL), and one death from a big python will be heard around the world for years. Even thought tons die from dogs, nobody cares. Then you get animal rights people, like good ol' Kaplan, who wanna take our right away to keep them. They say it's impossible to care for them properly. Then things like this happen and it only helps. Ahhh, rescues are great, but if people weren't idiots there wouldn't have to be any.

Keep up the good work Rusty, you're doing a good thing.

Thanks Jon,
Sorry for the delayed response, we have been a bit busy here.
Carl the BRB is doing well, eating well and done with the antibiotics. We are still using the opt ointment on her eyes, but they seem to be healing. The vet believes she may still be able to see out of at least one eye (hopefully). But she eats very well and seems to be enjoying life.
Thanks
Rusty

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Then you get animal rights people, like good ol' Kaplan, who wanna take our right away to keep them.
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Wich Kaplan is that Jon, Mellisa?

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Wich Kaplan is that Jon, Mellisa?

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I beleive that is who he meant. Many people have varying opinions on M. Kaplan's protocal for herps in captivity. (I personally do not have an opinion on this subject) but yes, I do beleive that is who he meant.
Thansk
Rusty

Do you have any updated pics of the Rainbow? :)

That's so cool that you rescue and rehab herps like that, Rusty. I can't believe the jackasses out there that let these animals get like that in the first place. You rule! I hope that her eye infection clears up soon.