Tiny Pastel update!

I know that some of you remember the very tiny Pastel female that we hatched out of a boob egg along side our Lemon Blasts. She hatched weighing 24.0 grams. Well, about 2 weeks after hatching, she never did shed, I noticed that she had a hard belly (for those that do not know that term, her yolk solidified inside of her). I managed to palpate the solidified youlk out of her without a problem. After I palpated the yolk out, she weighed 18.5 grams. About 5 days after removing the yolk, I attempted to feed her a mouse pinkie. She did not eat it, but was looking very thin. Also I knew that having not absorbed the yolk, she would need a meal to survive. So I assist fed her, I only put the head and shoulders of the mouse into her mouth. This triggered her feeding response, and she swallowed the meal with no problems. Just a seperate note, since hatching, she had passed urates and a little solid waste. After a week of eating the assist fed mouse, I offered her another (that was this past Thursday). She did not eat the second mouse, but I didn't want to stress her, so I was going to offer again this coming Thursday.

Here is the bad news, she died on Friday. My guess is that her digestive system was not working properly, and the mouse that she swallowed probably rotted in her stomach, and killed her. Just wanted to let everybody know that she is gone. I didn't really expect her to make from the start, but we must give them every chance possible to survive.

Thanks for letting me share my story, and if anyone has any questions, please let me know.

Sincerely,

Sorry Tim!! I wish she had pulled through! Thanks for the update.

Awwww Tim that is so sad. :( Sorry to hear about her and your loss. I was routing for her since I know you said she was so small.

Awww,


Sorry to hear that Tim - but it sounds like you did indeed give her every chance but it just wasn't meant to be.:(


dr del

Sorry to hear that Tim...At least she was in very skilled hands and had the best chance possible.

sorry to hear that. but she was loved and in good capable hands.

You did the best you could, no shame in that. Sorry that she passed..:(

Awww Tim, I'm sorry the wee one didn't make it but as everyone has said, she couldn't have been in better, more caring hands. Hugs to you and Monica. I know that no matter how many you hatch out, you want each and every one of them to survive but sometimes nature has other plans.

Awwww, sorry to hear that, Tim. :(

Sorry to hear that, Tim. I know that you did everything possible; I guess Nature does have other things in mind sometimes.

I have never heard anything like this, so sorry this happened! Sounds like you did everything you could, poor little thing.

aaw, tim i'm so sorry. :( i'm glad she was able to receive such awesome care for the time she was here. i know mother nature knows best, but sometimes it just doesn't seem fair.

Heck, that's sad, so sorry to hear that. Sounds like you did the very best you could for her while in your care. :hug:

So sorry Tim... Give Monica a hug too. I know you did everything that could ever be done..... * huggins *


Laura

sorry to hear that she was a pretty little girl.

Tim, I'm very sorry to hear that - I'll echo what has already been said here - she was in very capable hands and probably just wasn't meant to survive. Doesn't make it any easier!

Tim,
Sorry to hear that man! She's been on my mind lately, wondering how she was doing.

Steve

I am so sorry to hear that she didn't make it. I do know that if she could have survived, your excellent care would have made it possible.

Thanks everybody for the kind words. Monica had been asking me for a week or two if I was going to give you guys an update on (Tiny), that was her name, and I was waiting for her to eat her second meal. That way this post would have been about her success. But, she didn't make it to her second meal. This is only the fourth snake that we have lost, and it doesn't ever get any easier. I thought I could accept this one better, as I almost expected her to not make as soon as she hatched.

Thanks Again,

I know you probably tried to not get attached Tim because your experience told you she didn't have much of chance to survive but isn't it always the way that these little ones that struggle so hard that really grab at your heart.

So sorry about the loss. Wow you made me realize when breeding, nothing is guaranteed you know. Sorry about the loss once again and hope the remaining babies stay healthy

Sad news, Tim... but it really is just great that she got the extra attention and care that she deserved during her short life. I know as animal lovers it is not seen as extra work or time wasted to care for an animal in need, but there are plenty of people out there who wouldn't have moved a muscle for it. So give yourself a nice pat on the back, Tim, and let's hope that number stays at 4 for a very long time!