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Re: OMG disaster.
Fingers crossed
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Re: OMG disaster.
OK. Nothing is broken. Should heal up. Shot of Baytril and a shot of Metacam. Should be OK. Only $100 poorer. She was super happy to see the big guys.
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Re: OMG disaster.
Only $100 and you had X-rays done I need to come to your vet where's your city?!?
Congrats!!
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Re: OMG disaster.
I took my boy to the vet and all they did was check him over and give him a dose of Flagyl and it was like $90!
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Re: OMG disaster.
Originally Posted by Jellybeans
I took my boy to the vet and all they did was check him over and give him a dose of Flagyl and it was like $90!
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Wait they did do a fecal too
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Re: OMG disaster.
She was super nice to me and didn't charge me for the X-ray's and one of the shots.
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Thank you for the courage to share your mistake and the consequences. It IS a learning experience.
I did not realize you are relatively new to the hobby, unless that one poster is mistaken about you.
And you are right, a lot of learning is NOT about book learning and reading. Its hands on practice. That said, if I was you, I would not take these animals to any educational or otherwise "show and tell". And I'm saying this with all the respect.
Those giants are no walk in the park, many times the power of them is not fully realized until something bad happens. It takes years of practice to truly learn to read the body language. It takes a very long time to truly get to know your own animal. And even then, you can NEVER predict what they will do 100%. The risk is simply not worth it. Your animals are all still fairly young. They are going through hormonal changes. If one of them were to cause a bite or worse, bite and wrap, you may find yourself sued for all you have and future wages. For pain, suffering and mental anguish. And don't think it cannot happen.
All in all, you were lucky that your animals "only" engaged each other, as bad as that was. You were lucky there is no permanent damage. You already know it is breeding season, I'm fairly certain a inner voice already told you this wasn't a good idea, no matter what. Even if 4 feet apart. They cross this distance in less then a second.
You already know you shouldn't be handling a snake that is on feeding strike. No matter why the fast is going on. That goes for any species.
I'm not trying to stomp on you. I'm sure you feel bad enough.
If you want to live and learn with your giants, keep them close, don't share them with strangers or at any kind of show and tells.
If you want to do this (and I have quite a bit) you take snakes you have had for a long while. Very established animals. Animals that can not do true harm. Even then, you have to be aware.
Education can quickly turn to the opposite when stuff goes wrong. Let your giants grow. Grow with them. Learn about them by handling and keeping them for a few years. Learn from your mistakes.
Its one thing to have a Ball Python or even a Carpet Python go spazzy. When its a giant, things can get very ugly, very fast.
just my 2 cents
Zina
0.1 Super Emperor Pinstripe Ball Python "Sunny" 0.1 Pastel Orange Dream Desert Ghost Ball Python "Luna" 0.1 Pastel Desert Ghost Ball Python "Arjanam" 0.1 Lemonblast Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Aurora" 0.1 Pastel Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Venus" 1.0 Pastel Butter Enchi Desert Ghost Ball Python "Sirius" 1.0 Crested Gecko ( Rhacodactylus ciliatus) "Smeagol"
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So I take it that retics are willing to consume other snakes then? A "whatever prey fits" outlook? Not saying that they'd go out of their way to eat another
snake, but it's been my impression that the giant snakes cannot afford to be fussy eaters, and so they aren't. That makes them very dangerous for us too,
I'd have to say, since snakes are never logical about the size of prey they pounce on, it's only after it stops moving that they find out if it slides down or not.
(Please be careful...)
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Re: OMG disaster.
Glad Monty is ok. I only ever have one out at a time, for no other reason than I'm the only handler in my house. Never would have imagined a retic would look at another snake as food. I'm glad you shared this, I'm more inclined to call this a crap happens event than a mistake. We all have had bad things happen or made mistakes in this hobby and the more we're willing to share the better I think.
1.0 platinum retic "woody"
0.1 purple albino retic "Jessie"
0.1 albino corn "evie"
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Re: OMG disaster.
Originally Posted by Skyrivers
I keep tequila in a spray bottle and was told that works well. Did nothing to phase her.
I’ve been keeping snakes since 1991, and in that time have had several opportunities in that time period to experience bites with and without constriction....sometimes my fault, sometimes not. I have found rubbing alcohol to work every time by actually pouring a little around their mouth at the bite. They will spit you out with this method, and as long as you don’t try to pull away the cuts are less damaging. They will drool quite a bit initially, but it doesn’t do any damage (confirmed by my reptile specialist vet), but evidently tastes like 💩 which is what makes it so effective.
Just for the record, I’ve tried this out with a 13’ 90lb burmese python that grabbed my hand when I reached into her enclosure to take her out for cleaning. I didn’t realize she was in shed when I touched her, and she was startled and bit. She didn’t constrict, but she didn’t let go either until Mom poured the rubbing alcohol around her mouth. Lesson learned, they are fast and still wild, no matter how much of a baby they normally are with you.
Other Snakes:
Hudson 1988 1.0 Colombian rainbow; Yang 2002 1.0 Corn snake; Merlin 2000 1.0 Solomon Island ground boa; Kett 2015 1.0 Diamond Jungle Jaguar carpet python; Dakota 2014 0.0.1 Children’s python
Ball pythons:
Eli 1990 1.0 Normal; Buttercup 2015 1.0 Albino; Artemis 2015 0.1 Dragonfly; Orion 2015 1.0 Banana Pinstripe; Button 2018 1.0 Blue Eyed Lucy; Piper 2018 0.1 Piebald; Belle 2018 0.1 Lemonblast; Sabrina 2017 0.1 Mojave; Selene 2017 0.1 Banana Mojave; Loki 2018 1.0 Pastel Mystic Potion; Cuervo 2018 1.0 Banana Piebald; Claude 2017 1.0 Albino Pastel Spider; Penelope 2016 0.1 Lesser
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