UPDATE on my "not so retic" retic

[retic720]

Original link:

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=103378

Came back from the vet yesterday; I'm so glad they still have her records and they actually corrected mine (I actually switched the weight records of this retic with the afrock I once owned....my bad).

Anyhows, she's clean. No parasites. No diarrhea. No bacteria/protozoans in the stool. Gums are (re)confirmed to be fine. No signs of dehydration. To be on the safe side, we had her dewormed anyway.

The vets did notice her "not so retic" feeding response when we presented a PK mouse. One of them suspected she may have gotten "too used" to the "captive life" which explains her not so "reticish" feeding response. Nevertheless, we did practice safety precautions during her feeding as she still displayed the alertness level of any retic.

Vet's notes to me:

1) increase feeding frequency from 1x/2 weeks to 1x/week.

2) the link i posted in my other thread is very real; cautioned me not to go overboard with the "increased" feedings.

PS: While waiting for the herp vets, was roaming around the complex and realized that it was "Pet blessing" day (one of the way we Filipinos celebrate The Feast of St. Francis of Assisi if I'm not mistaken; could also be another way to celebrate World Animal's day); the retic quickly became a celebrity and I managed to score a few digits with the ladies willing to pose with her.

[mainbutter]

There is nothing wrong with a snake not being "aggressive" when feeding on PK. If they are smart enough to figure out a dead prey item is dead, they very well may just decide they don't need to kill it, and just eat it. I'd say it's the mark of a particularly smart animal, as it doesn't waste energy.

[olstyn]

mainbutter may well have a valid point there, but I have to chime in and say that it certainly didn't hurt to take her to the vet and be sure about things. I'm sure you feel better knowing she's ok, at the very least!

[Denial]

chloe my big albino green burmese does not strike or constrict her prey items becuase she has been feed ft for so long. I can either feed her by hand or lay the prey items down on the cage floor and she will just swallow them