Severe Neck Kink - Help?

[KMG]

Emergency animal hospital with Vets who deal with exotics. Find one.

You have been a member since April and this is what you decided should be your first post. Good call.

[gsarchie]

Wow...

Can we keep the "verbal abuse" to a minimum? It isn't going to help the animal and it certainly won't accomplish anything with the OP either. I would leave and not come back at this point if I were the OP. Yes, it sounds fishy as all get out, but name calling and "yelling" in all caps has no place here. Neither do accusations that are based off of a few sentences about her brother's experience with snakes (even though I'll admit I don't buy it).

To the OP - if you are still there reading this thread would you mind posting an update once you get the snake to a vet? I'm sure that if you walked in to a vet that dealt with herps that you would be seen the same day.

[KMG]

I must have missed the "thou shall not use all caps" rule. If after all the post telling the OP to seek a vet ASAP and they make an appointment for a week later isn't a time for all caps, I'm not sure when is.

You deal with animal cruelty with your little soft words and I'll deal with it with my hard BIG words.

If the OP is gone from here I hope its because they decided they are not fit pet owners.

[WarriorPrincess90]

The appointment is for this Friday silly.

Do you live in Tampa? Because if so, you have several options for qualified herp vets. There are two at Petsmart on Bruce B. Downs, and a wonderful herp vet named Dr. Schat at VCA on LaDue Lane off Dale Mabry. I know for a fact Dr. Schat would take you in IMMEDIATELY if you told him the condition of this animal. When my BP had an RI, he took me in same day and stayed over an hour late to do so. He's fantastic and I highly recommend him.

Find a different vet who will take you like NOW. There are other options besides some vet that won't look at an seriously injured animal until the end of the week!

[Punkymom]

Yeah, that's just unacceptable, IMO. If your dog had a kinked neck he'd be whining and crying in pain! Just because snakes can't tell you when they're in pain doesn't mean they aren't and it isn't up to you to decide whether they are or not. Assume the worst and get that snake to the vet YESTERDAY! No way would I have an animal in that condition in my care without a vet visit ASAP. You are responsible for a life, here!

[rabernet]

You have been a member since April and this is what you decided should be your first post. Good call.

You have only been a member a few weeks and you decided that you should point out this user's first post. Good call.......

[OmNomNom]

Yeeeeeeeeeeee..... :X

That kind of looks a lot like this:

http://www.reptileforums.co.uk/forum...ine-x-ray.html


I suppose the "kindest" answer would be a deformity that happened in the egg.....but can she even eat like that?

[MrLang]

IMO there's no way someone would be ballsy enough to purchase a table at an expo and sell an animal in that condition to someone. Anyone who breeds ball pythons and sees that come out of the egg would cull the snake on the spot. Why would you risk your entire breeding reputation to sell a small normal? The value of the snake is under 75 dollars. It definitely looks like its neck is broken to me. If that's the product of mishandling a scared, new, delicate pet of yours then shame on you or whoever did it.

As stated, it doesn't matter at this point when or how the snake became that way. Euthanize it humanely. That's what the vet is going to do.

Source: I emailed my sister, who is a vet (albeit not a herp vet), to look at the pictures. She was quite upset about the idea of waiting another second to get that animal to a vet. If you're unwilling to find an emergency solution, the best course of action is to humanely euthanize it yourself.

Please do the snake the favor of asking some questions before attempting that, if that's the route you choose.

[chet1028]

This thread really makes me sad.

[Kaorte]

I think everyone needs to take a step back and relax. I know that these images bring up some uncomfortable feelings for us but we need to put everything into perspective. The OP is not likely to come back here and give us some follow up (which I know everyone would like) if we keep name calling and pointing blame. I doubt this person wants any harm to come to her new snake. She is here looking for help. Name calling, "yelling", and other harsh statements are not helpful. Remember there is a person on the other end of this who is reading these comments! It's easy to say mean things to an inanimate object like your computer. I doubt you would say such harsh words in person. Face to face conversation is much different.

They are the one with the injured snake who has to read the comment "just put it down" over and over again. I bet that isn't something you would want to hear, even if it is true.

I'm giving this person the benefit of the doubt. All we have are a few pictures and a few lines of text. We can't make a diagnosis based on that. We can make some logical inferences, but that is about it. Obviously the first thing this person should do is get to a vet. We still don't know whether or not they have so don't just assume they haven't. Not everyone is on the forum 24/7 like me.