Vestmen... the daytona pick up (GRAPHIC?)

Hes the guy I got in Daytona who unfortunetly had horrible scale rot that seemed like it would never get better.. with the encouragement of Becky I didnt give up on him, he has since had an amazing shed and is starting to look like a million bucks.. We chose to name him Vestmen, for our Daytona Investment that almost went south. Boy am I glad we picked this boy up now!!!

BEFORE:
the day we got him it didnt look *too* bad... we treated him with Cholor. and neosporin and after a couple weeks this is what we were looking at... he lots hundreds of "top" scales that left us nearly speechless wondering if he would ever get better..
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his entire "top line" was missing its scales
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NOW:... im happy to report hes doing a 100xs better, hes still a little pink on his belly but we expect him to heal 100% eventually, he had a complete shed and got rid of all that nastyness and although hes still in quarantine we do plan to eventually breed him.
(taken today)
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and of course some body/head shots of Mr. Vestmen
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Who did you get him from? If you dont want to post can you please PM me.

Way to stick with it, he looks great!

Thanks Jim :gj:

wow. nice pic up and glad to hear he is doing much much better. here's to babies that look like him :D

:) Thanks Doris I hope his babies look like him too hahaha... his color isnt black like my female spider, they are kinda brown which i think is neat :D Im just glad we were able to clean him up as much as we have. I cant WAIT to see an all white belly :gj:

Awesome job!!!! You should get an award! He looks absolutely incredible now compared to what he did. :gj::gj::gj: it really speaks for your character!:D

;) Thanks Luna...

Wow you did a great job with him, nice job :gj:

Super job! Nice pick up and good for you for giving it a shot. He is equally lucky you found him and invested your time etc. and I bet he pays you back a hundred times over!

Nice job getting him back to health! It's hard to believe a "breeder" had let it get that far and was selling him at a table.

Good job Ashley he's looking top notch again.

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Originally Posted by Drew87

Wow you did a great job with him, nice job :gj:

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thanks!!

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Originally Posted by Debbienflorida

Super job! Nice pick up and good for you for giving it a shot. He is equally lucky you found him and invested your time etc. and I bet he pays you back a hundred times over!

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your comment was very nice, thank you!

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Originally Posted by jglass38

Nice job getting him back to health! It's hard to believe a "breeder" had let it get that far and was selling him at a table.

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He actually had the spider behind the table, we purchased a cinnamon male from him and asked if he had any other breeding size males and he pulled out the spider.. his scale rot wasnt that bad when we picked him up (if it were we wouldnt have gotten him) We could see he had scale rot started and once we started treating him it got worse (i had been told it would get worse before it got better) we just kept him clean and dry had soaked him daily in cloreh and treated the worst areas with neosporin the photos I posted were when it was at its worse.

Here is a photo of it when we first got him (in the car on our way home from Daytona as a matter of fact)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/...c6e3911424.jpg

I had contacted the breeder as it got significantly worse and he said he would contact his vet and get back to me... he never did. We got what we paid for (we didnt pay a whole lot for him, he was cycling out his old males for new ones) but were just glad we were able to get him and take care of him.. we dont regret it one bit.

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Originally Posted by Emilio

Good job Ashley he's looking top notch again.

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:) Thanks Emilio

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Originally Posted by ADEE

thanks!!

your comment was very nice, thank you!

He actually had the spider behind the table, we purchased a cinnamon male from him and asked if he had any other breeding size males and he pulled out the spider.. his scale rot wasnt that bad when we picked him up (if it were we wouldnt have gotten him) We could see he had scale rot started and once we started treating him it got worse (i had been told it would get worse before it got better) we just kept him clean and dry had soaked him daily in cloreh and treated the worst areas with neosporin the photos I posted were when it was at its worse.

Here is a photo of it when we first got him (in the car on our way home from Daytona as a matter of fact)
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3269/...c6e3911424.jpg

I had contacted the breeder as it got significantly worse and he said he would contact his vet and get back to me... he never did. We got what we paid for (we didnt pay a whole lot for him, he was cycling out his old males for new ones) but were just glad we were able to get him and take care of him.. we dont regret it one bit.

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You did a great job! A lot of people wouldn't have put in the time and effort you did to get him back to health. Now you have a fantastic breeder Spider!

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You did a great job! A lot of people wouldn't have put in the time and effort you did to get him back to health. Now you have a fantastic breeder Spider!

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:D Thank you very much.... were hoping he gives us back what we put in :gj: Either way we love him! I would be lying if I said there werent moments I wondered if we did the right thing by getting him, if nothing else at least we know hes in a safe home.

Vestman looks like a million bucks now! Good Job!!!:gj:

Awesome job!! he's got it good now!!

Great Job! :gj:

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Originally Posted by deadmouse

Vestman looks like a million bucks now! Good Job!!!:gj:

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:) Thank you very much!

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Originally Posted by SamuraiZr0

Awesome job!! he's got it good now!!

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:) Thanks!

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Originally Posted by MATTI

Great Job! :gj:

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:) Thanks!

Congratulations on putting in the work on that animal. It looks great now. Such a dramtic improvement. Great job!

u have done a great job, sad to see what he had to go through. he looks really nice good now. nice face pattern !

Thats what I am talking about! Great job man!

So many times people pass up great animals because of miss-care and or abuse to the animal. Put in some time and effort and save the animal plus get an awesome snake from the work!

Congrats on a job well done!!!!

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Originally Posted by tideguyinva

Congratulations on putting in the work on that animal. It looks great now. Such a dramtic improvement. Great job!

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Originally Posted by patb201985

u have done a great job, sad to see what he had to go through. he looks really nice good now. nice face pattern !

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Originally Posted by Nightmare Creatures

Thats what I am talking about! Great job man!

So many times people pass up great animals because of miss-care and or abuse to the animal. Put in some time and effort and save the animal plus get an awesome snake from the work!

Congrats on a job well done!!!!

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:) Thanks you three... it sure has been rewarding!

that's one great looking spider! i'm glad he's heeling up well.

Fantastic job! Nice spider!

Ashley very nice work he looks great!

Great Job . . nice Spider

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Originally Posted by Holbeird

that's one great looking spider! i'm glad he's heeling up well.

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Originally Posted by TheMolenater2

Fantastic job! Nice spider!

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Originally Posted by Larry Suttles

Ashley very nice work he looks great!

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Originally Posted by gcanibe

Great Job . . nice Spider

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Thank you all very much!!

wow! He looks great! Good job!:gj: