Resue : Common Boa

Hi folks, I debated for a while on posting this next thread. But I figured maybe it would reach a few folks it may help.
Tuesday we took in a common "red tail boa" that was dropped off at the front door of the CT Humane Society.
It was left in a 5 gallon bucket in 2 inches of sludge including a very dead mouse.
I am sure you can just imagine what that smell was like.
Sadly it seems that this boa had been living in this sludge for a long while as the bottom half of the snakes' body was rotting. Sadly the snake was still alive and greatly suffering.
We felt it to be the best for the snake to euthanise him.
Please everyone reading this. look at your snakes and be thankfull they are in your proper care.
I am sure they appreciate it more then you may know
Sincerely
Rusty

Thanks for the info, Rusty........Sorry about the Boa. I know you will do the right thing, even though you hate to lose him. Thanks for all you do.

Thanks rding
We and our vet feel the animal is much better off now. It is always a very hard thing to do, but after seeing the snake, I believe everyone would have done the same.
I'm still not really sure why I shared this story. Except maybe it helps me to share it in some way. Maybe giving this little snake a story will help in some way. Maybe it's just me
Thank you
Rusty

That is so sad! I'll never understand people like the prior owners of that RTB. :cry:

Rusty, you & your vet clearly made the correct decision. I did not even see the snake, thankfully, but from the description i am glad that you did what you did. Far better than lettin that poor little fella suffer. :(

I'm sure you did the right thing, Rusty. There's not much you can do when they come to you too late. At the very least, you saved him more pain.

People with no soul.

how can someone do that? its really not that hard to take care of a snake. not just snakes, but any animals. who could be that cruel?

I hate to say it but look at how some treat there children could we expect them to treat animals any better.
As Marla said people with no souls.
As always Rusty I know you did what was best for the Boa
As I have said before thank goodness for people like you.

That's horrible. :cry: I'm very sorry to hear that. You did the right thing.

I think it was good to post that - at least for me it put some things in perspective. You can't rescue EVERY animal and as uplifiting as it always is to read about the amazing work that you do, it's easy to forget sometimes that some of these animals don't make it. Your job is incredibly difficult and not all happy endings. Once again thank God (or diety of your choosing) for you and what you do.

At least you put an end to his suffering.
God, I really hate people sometimes. Especially when I watch Animal Cop shows. It burns me up to see people abusing animals. Especially those heartless bass turds who fight pitbulls and roosters.
I am only thankful that people exist who care, and can help those animals who have no voice.

That is sad.... Why would someone do that to an animal? If you dont want it give it to some one who will take care of it!
Im sorry you had to put it down, but im sure you did him a great favor.
I had to explain a few things to a guy at the pet store the other day... I over heard him saying that his girlfriend was going to let him buy a burm because "they only get like 6 ft". UUuuummmm no.

People are ignorant and harsh.
Thank goodness for people like you Rusty...

I don't have a soul (or at least as an atheist I don't believe I have one), but I would never treat a snake like that :P

Seriously though, it makes no sense to treat an animal like that. Even if you completely set aside compassion, shouldn't you at least protect your investment? I mean, you wouldn't leave a $50 stereo out in the rain, would you? If you had enough interest in the snake to purchase it in the first place, wouldn't you want to make some use of it to appeal to your interest? Not to mention, it's pretty difficult to abuse an animal that badly... I mean, they must've at least remembered to add water to keep that sludge wet didn't they? It just makes no sense...

Some days, you just have to wonder if the civilization of humankind has resulted in reverse natural selection.

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Some days, you just have to wonder if the civilization of humankind has resulted in reverse natural selection.

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Almost everyday I ponder that, how sad...
It's amazing, how hhw wrote about protecting your investment. I have seen 1,000$ horses beaten and abused. Like it was said before, you would think someone would at least protect there investments. It's just sad.
Rusty