Snake Feces

[Gadsden]

Actually dogs prolapse quite often when there are female dogs in heat around. It happens to my dogs, but generally goes away. If it doesn't go away, they need surgery before it dries out, like your snake needed.


AND for the record, I'm not a "hippie". I just care for animals and the environment. I will eat a chicken for dinner and cut down a tree to heat my house. And talking down to us, the ones who gave you the proper and ONLY legitimate advice, isn't going to get you anywhere. OF COURSE we were rude to you, instead of taking care of your snake who will now have permanent damage because his "owner" refused to give him the necessary care because he was "asking around for an inexpensive vet". You should have been calling around and seeing if someone could work something out with you, or if they would accept a post dated check. Not just waiting for the magical tool called FaceBook to offer you a solution.

Really? Who's been talking down to who here? I'm on the defensive when all I wanted was help.

Your advice isn't the only legitimate advice. It's a snake. Prolapsed hemipene or prolapsed rectums happen in nature, just as in captivity. Do you think that a snake in nature would stand any better chance? No. I am keeping it clean, moist and disinfected. My dear, poor snake would have been long dead by now in the wild. So are you going to get on my case for not searching out every snake in the wild with a prolapsed hemipene and trying to save it too? There's more to life, my friend.

[sarahlovesmiike]

Really? Who's been talking down to who here? I'm on the defensive when all I wanted was help.

Your advice isn't the only legitimate advice. It's a snake. Prolapsed hemipene or prolapsed rectums happen in nature, just as in captivity. Do you think that a snake in nature would stand any better chance? No. I am keeping it clean, moist and disinfected. My dear, poor snake would have been long dead by now in the wild. So are you going to get on my case for not searching out every snake in the wild with a prolapsed hemipene and trying to save it too? There's more to life, my friend.

When you get a pet you are making a commitment to keeping it healthy. The bottom line is that this snake is NOT IN THE WILD it is in your home, under YOUR care. In the beginning, it was not showing pain as a defense mechanism to not show fear and look weak. The reason now that your snake isn't showing any reaction to you poking his hemipene is likely because the tissue has become necrotic and probably can't feel you poking it anyway. Infection will set in any day now and the snake will die from a lack of vet care, that YOU were supposed to provide.



Why would you take a child to the doctor if it were sick? Because you bore the child and have a responsibility to take care and nurture it.
Why would you take a snake to the vet if it were sick? Because you took it under your roof under the guise of a caring pet owner and have a responsibility to care and nurture it.

[Gadsden]

When you get a pet you are making a commitment to keeping it healthy. The bottom line is that this snake is NOT IN THE WILD it is in your home, under YOUR care. In the beginning, it was not showing pain as a defense mechanism to not show fear and look weak. The reason now that your snake isn't showing any reaction to you poking his hemipene is likely because the tissue has become necrotic and probably can't feel you poking it anyway. Infection will set in any day now and the snake will die from a lack of vet care, that YOU were supposed to provide.



Why would you take a child to the doctor if it were sick? Because you bore the child and have a responsibility to take care and nurture it.
Why would you take a snake to the vet if it were sick? Because you took it under your roof under the guise of a caring pet owner and have a responsibility to care and nurture it.

Again, stop relating a SNAKE to a HUMAN! There's a difference. If you're so attached to your PET snake that you feel that it is your own offspring, then you need a psychiatrist. Being unable to differentiate a pet from a child is a serious issue.

[sarahlovesmiike]

Again, stop relating a SNAKE to a HUMAN! There's a difference. If you're so attached to your PET snake that you feel that it is your own offspring, then you need a psychiatrist. Being unable to differentiate a pet from a child is a serious issue.

Learn to accept that you are wrong. The snake should be properly cared for, just as a child should be. We can differentiate between right and wrong, and apparently you cannot.

[Gadsden]

Learn to accept that you are wrong. The snake should be properly cared for, just as a child should be. We can differentiate between right and wrong, and apparently you cannot.

SNAKES are NOT CHILDREN! There is a HUUUUGE difference in the value of life!

[rabernet]

Again, stop relating a SNAKE to a HUMAN! There's a difference. If you're so attached to your PET snake that you feel that it is your own offspring, then you need a psychiatrist. Being unable to differentiate a pet from a child is a serious issue.

Might be best to take a break.

The bottom line here is, most of the people here put the same value on their pet snake as they do their pet dog, or their pet cat, and have a hard time understanding a seemingly callous response to getting proper medical care for their pet, an animal that depends 100% on the level of care you provide it.

If your snake is just a convenience and a low priority to your wallet, and even to your emotional response to it (or lack of emotional response), perhaps it's best to re-home it to someone who is willing to get it the proper care that it needs.

[Gadsden]

Might be best to take a break.

The bottom line here is, most of the people here put the same value on their pet snake as they do their pet dog, or their pet cat, and have a hard time understanding a seemingly callous response to getting proper medical care for their pet, an animal that depends 100% on the level of care you provide it.

If your snake is just a convenience and a low priority to your wallet, and even to your emotional response to it (or lack of emotional response), perhaps it's best to re-home it to someone who is willing to get it the proper care that it needs.

Yep, I've spent every moment since I got home from work doing just that. Thanks

I really am not completely cold and callous about this subject, I have been tending to my snake frequently. I have been on this forum, visiting friends and calling people trying to get a solution. Everyone please stop criticizing my character because I have a hard time justifying the cost, and an even harder time getting CREDIT, e.g. going into DEBT for this. I have been diligently searching for a viable solution to this.