RI update/creeping paranoia

[Annarose15]

Sorry.
The Irish are nothing if not gabby.

She's on the other side of the house, far from the other snakes and other than peeking in the tub but not touching her or the tub, she's the last snake tended every day.
[and except for tub scrubs or feeding, nobody's being played with, with the singuar exception of Leon's outing, just in case...I peek through the tops to check for messes, talk to them a bit and go on to the next tub]

Thanks to the dollar store, I now have a lifetime supply of hand sanitizer.....

She was not cultured as our normal vet is not snake savvy but is trying to study and become so for the future.

The other visits were for one of my dogs who died last week, another dog whose Thyroid tests were due, the same dog again for a hygroma which popped up 2 days after he went for thyro tests and then the trip for Norma.

And now as I was typing this, my regular vet just called and is going to start her shots tomorrow.

I'll ask him about cultures, then.

Bless his heart, he's been studying all the "sick snake info" I sent him....

I have hope!



I have to go find a smaller transport tub and a clean snake sack to put her in so she stays as warm as possible tomorrow.

Wish us luck!

[and thanks for the reassurance about Leon...you know how lovable Spiders are and he's one of my very favorite snakes]

No worries on the chattiness My sympathies on your pup that passed. I was confused that ALL of the visits were for snakes, but now I see. When it rains, it pours. I have a dog that's hypothyroid, so I feel your pain there. Getting a culture will help the vet target what "bug" is at work and choose the right antibiotic to treat it. As for a tub to transport, I would use a cardboard box (with styro inserts if you have them, shredded paper if you don't). Basically, pack her like she's being shipped. The cardboard will hold heat a little better than a plastic tub.