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Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
Well, Just brought the two new snakes home. Here are some pix of the abused pastel.
Just before being put in his new home. You can kind of see the location of those broken ribs 1/2 down his body near the tail. (My little finger is right under it)
In his transport box, the kinked part is the injury.
Poor little thing is so undersized and underfed... He didn't eat there at the store, but I'm not surprised since there was really no where for him to hide in the little keeper they had to put him in. I'm just hoping that he'll pick up in a nice warm secure tank. At least he can move his whole body and seems interested in his surroundings, since he is currently climbing over his hides.
Now for the rant: As some of you know, I took my Amel het Snow corn snake in today to trade for a much calmer and sweeter Amel corn. Well, when my friend takes him out of the box, he tells me that that was no male... I had a female all that time!
Now I feel really dumb for not double checking, and kind of upset with the breeder that sold 'him' to me. Oh well, it was still a good trade, since they know a corn breeder who was looking for a het snow female, and since I got myself the nicest male (probed) Amel in exchange. Now all I need to do is pick out a good female at the first spring reptile expo.
Last edited by Argentra; 12-15-2007 at 06:43 PM.
Reason: correction
**Adriana - White 'N Nerdy!**
1.0 BP 'SunSpot', 0.1 Corn 'Freya', 1.0 IJ BTS 'Topaz', 1.0 ND bunny 'Licorice'
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
That is so sad....
But it is good that you took it in and are caring for it! Kudos to you!
~Rachel C.
1.0 Snow corn (Meph), 1.0 Okeetee corn (Mosaic), 0.1 Normal BP (Meerah), 0.1 Mojave BP (Deuce) 1.1 cats (Dixie and Kitten), 0.1 Draft Horse (Nela)
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
So has anyone spoken to a vet or had this snake seen by a vet yet?
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
Perhaps I'm being overly cautious but I wouldn't say the main thing is to see if he eats. For me the main thing would be having a vet confirm that whatever damage is there, the act of constriction/feeding won't make it worse on the snake. Personally, I wouldn't feed this snake until a vet confirmed what's going on damagewise with this snake. It's obvious from what you've said that something traumatic occurred during the time this snake was at it's first owner's home. For me figuring out exactly what that injury is and how much actual damage was done, would be my first priority (other than getting it into appropriate housing of course).
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
I would want to get him to a vet asap. I probably would even have gone in before bringing him home.. and the store who had him would definately get a piece of my mind abot keeping a broken-up animal without getting it to a vet! I would actually be worried about feeding at all, until I knew just what the extent of the damage is.. but I wish you luck in all of this. And I hope that whoever injured her gets their karmic payback.
-Jen. Back in the hobby after a hiatus!
Ball pythons:
0.1 normal; 1.1 albino. 1.0 pied; 0.1 het pied; 1.0 banana.
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
What store did you get this guy from ? That is so sad, did they have any story as to how he got injured?
Neil
Bunch of BP's
0.1 3 Toed Box Turtles (Thunderball)
2.1 Labradoodles (Duke, Vinnie, Sophie)
0.1 Awsome Wife - 1.2 Awesome Kids
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
did you get them from a shelter or a pet store. because there is no such thing as a rescue from a pet store. by buying from a pet store that treats animals like this all you have done is put money in there pocket and opened up room for them to get two more snakes in to be not taken care of. sometimes the best thing to do is walk away even if it breaks your heart. or call animal controle and have them take a look at the animals.
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Re: Pix of the rescue pastel...and a rant.
She posted about this snake last week, here's the back story:
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=57337
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