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    Re: Bit of sad news

    That's really sad to hear... Hope all is well with your other future breedings
    Quote Originally Posted by richardhind1972 View Post
    Last year a friend from work and I went half’s on a pair of corn island nics, I had the female and he had the Male as he didn’t want a massive snake not that they get massive any way, he has two corns and 4 other boas so I didn’t think there would be a problem.well last Christmas he asked if I could try game him up a bit as he was always getting nipped by him , so I had had for a few months with Regular handling he soon came round and was eating fine Still a fair bit smaller than my female which the male boas often are so end of January he had him back He left work in March so not seen any thing of him except the odd text etc, anyway end of July he came to work and asked if I wanted to have him again as he’d still been hissy and snappy and been a bit funny with his food, I excepted the challenge as he is part of my future breeding project so was in my best interest , he brought him into work and I could of cried he looked so small and was extremely dehydrated and looked like loads of stuck shed, soon as I got home I weighed him 201g for a nearly 3year old Male, disgusting, my female his litter mate is 1350g such a vast difference, anyway I gave him a massive soak for a few hours and got most some of the stuck shed off 4layers in parts, had to leave a bit as he was starting to get really stressed, a couple of days later got the last of it off and he looked so much better, didn’t get nipped once or hissed at, he was probably glad, any way after a month he still hadn’t fed for me , took him to the vets and nothing wrong was found except his weight, still kept trying and eventually ate a medium mouse after 6weeks by him self , I tried every week since to try feed him but wasn’t having any of it , tried everything in the book, I had to assist feed but wasn’t keeping a medium mouse down so dropped down to fuzzy which was fine, but after a few weeks of these to try put him some weight on still refused to eat by him self so gave him a couple more fuzzy mouse, but I was worried i was fighting a loosing battle, I didn’t expect him to be alive when I came back from holiday but he was, he still would not eat so I gave a another fuzzy Tuesday night.
    Well this morning he was dead, poor little thing, must of just gone too far , was going back to vet Monday aswell but just too late
    I’m really cross with my friend who I wish would of asked earlier for help and
    Really upset I couldn’t of turned him round but tried everything
    RIP mr red Nic



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