Quote Originally Posted by Fidget View Post
This is a terrible dilemma and a tough situation all around. Please don't take this as a criticism of your care - I think you've done wonderfully for Howard. But IMO, if you can't get him to a herp specialist and get him appropriate diagnosis and treatment, I doubt he's going to make a spontaneous recovery. This is a very underweight little guy with very few reserves for fighting whatever process is taking over his body, and as Foxton pointed out, he's worsened since those pictures posted on 5/30. I mean no disrespect for your decisions. I just want to encourage you to consider his quality of life, and to remember that bps are pretty undemonstrative about their feelings. That said, I hope I'm eating those words in a week because he's bounced back. Glad you're keeping the updates coming and doing what you can for him.

No problem!!! No, I understand. Really. Thank you for being so honest and blunt about it like that. I will try my best to get him to the specialist at the zoo within the next day or hopefully by this weekend. Like I said, it's really far away, so gas is going to be expensive as all get out. I really wish I had all the money in the world for this little guy. He's the biggest trooper ball python that has ever lived... To me at least ha.

Again, thank you for your bluntness. I really appreciate it.