Yafe - Albino Carpet Progression Thread

[tttaylorrr]

Yafe got his 5th injection tonight. He's doing as well, if not better, than he has since we got him.

He only wheezed when I held him down and restrained him for the injection. He still pops fairly regularly, but doesn't seem to need to open his mouth significantly, if at all, to breathe, and he is flicking is a tongue a lot more.

Below are two pictures of him tonight after the injection and two video links. One is a video right after the injection and the other is a minute later when I put him back in his enclosure.

Video right after injection: https://streamable.com/4km6q

Video of Yafe going back into his enclosure: https://streamable.com/p26s3

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loved the vids. sorry i haven't posted much but ive definitely been following!!! he looks like he's doing much better, great job!

[Bogertophis]

I'm so glad you've gotten some reassurance from the vet, as well as from Yafe's "happy tongue". It's so easy to over-think what you're seeing...recovery is
rarely as fast as we want or as the snake deserves.

[dakski]

Yafe refused the hopper I offered tonight. He can pretty easily eat a weaned mouse, but I wanted to offer something smaller.

Defrosted and then warmed up with hot water (like I do for all my snakes) and gently shook on the tongs. He showed no interest. If anything, he seemed eager to get away from it, and wanted nothing to do with it. I left it in there for a few minutes near him and he went the opposite direction and climbed back on his warm branch. About as far away from the prey as possible.

I am not looking into this at all. Would have been great if he had eaten, however, wasn't getting my hopes up.

He's still got an RI and has 5 injections left over the next two weeks of a medicine known to cause stomach issues. I just do not think he is ready or willing to eat yet.

I may offer again in a week or so, or just wait until he's done with the medicine and healthy again. Not sure.

Either way, I wanted to update everyone and let you know that he did not eat, but again, that's not a huge deal IMO.

[Dianne]

I think it’s a good idea to periodically offer...you never know when he’ll decide today is the day I want a mouse. I equate the lack of feeding response to how we feel when we’re sick...we want to be warm, aren’t terribly hungry, and want to sleep...a lot.

[Bogertophis]

Yeah, not to worry...he probably feels a bit queasy from his medication, & can't fully smell food either. I wouldn't be surprised if it takes a week+ after being
done with his medication before it's out of his system enough that he feels like eating....but I'd have tried too!

[zina10]

Honestly, I have a gut feeling that it may just be better he didn't eat just now.

Ever since I have read about digestion in a snake, and the effort their bodies have to put into it, I feel he is better off to put all his strength, energy and resources into healing and getting better.

Sure, we derive energy and strength from nutrition, but if a snakes body has to work so hard to disgest, he may just be better off to wait a bit longer.

What you don't need right now is to set off a cycle of regurgitation or a relapse.

After all, snakes do not loose weight all that quickly, but they sure regain it super fast once they start eating.

You tried, he said "no". No biggie He'll eat when he is ready and able.

[EL-Ziggy]

I agree, no worries on the missed feeding D. I've got a good feeling that Yafe is going to be just fine really soon. He's getting lots of love and great care. Tell him I know a really pretty female he might want to meet when he's up to it. She enjoys perching, the outdoors, and f/t mice, rats, and chicks.

[Bogertophis]

Already trying to fix him up with a real hottie! I think Yafe's enclosure needs a pin-up...?

[dakski]

Sorry for the late update, but Katie and I went to see Alanis Morissette at Mohegan Sun Arena at the Mohegan Sun Casino here in CT. We got home very late, and I was going to update tomorrow, but I can't sleep. On the plus side, I never win anything, but hit a $200 jackpot on a 1 cent slot machine (after losing $20 - my limit today was $40). I had been up to $220, but bet down to $200 even and called it a day. That net me (with the $20 lost) $180 which paid for the tickets and dinner at the casino.

My luck isn't the only luck that's changing. Yafe is doing significantly better.

Zero wheezing, even when being restrained for his injection today (6th injection). A few pops here and there, but not all the time at all. Also, the happiest tongue we've seen yet; active and all over the place. He's getting really curious, but we limited his "out time" to injection, water bowl cleaning, a quick spray of warm water to raise humidity a bit (the baseboard heat came on 3 days ago and it's been drying out, especially upstairs, where my office is and that's where Yafe's living at the movement), and a very quick video to show everyone how well he is doing.

For the first time since he's been sick, and 4 injections to go, I am getting pretty confident he will be okay.

Video link below and please excuse me for a) turning the iPhone while filming and thinking it would adjust the picture and b) being too tired to edit it.

Here's the video of Yafe after his injection and continuing to improve and look better every time we take him out for an injection: https://streamable.com/r7qjb

As always, thank you to everyone for their support. I will continue to update all the way through the full recovery and first feeding after. Then, I plan to start, yet another, Yafe Progression Thread, to follow up him for the rest of his healthy life.

[richardhind1972]

Thats fine really good news about yafe and even better about that little win that about paid for the night
Nice when decent people get get some good luck


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