Need some perspective (gore)

[shadi11]

shadi thanks for the continued updates. Hope the poor girl makes it after everything she's been through

I will continue to try to find out how its doing. I hope she makes it as well being that its been thru a ton..

[dsirkle]

You can actually see the spine just under the skin. Paralysis was only a millimeter away. But I do believe that the snake can recover if no infection sets in.

[JKExotics]

You can actually see the spine just under the skin. Paralysis was only a millimeter away. But I do believe that the snake can recover if no infection sets in.

To even get down that far you have to rip through nerves and much needed tissue. That snake will be in pain for the rest of it's life.

[zail]

Wow, that is an amazing testement to the recovery power of the snake... Snake is looking way better than I thought it would.. now it's come this far I hope it pulls through...

[anatess]

I know I'm a minority on this but I was really hoping the snake can pull through without getting euthanized. There's a sign on the reptile store close to my house that reads, "The only bad snake is a dead snake.". I think he got it from Steve Irwin or something... I'm sooo glad to know the snake is healing and getting good vet care.

Anyway, Shadi, et. al., do you know if the snake finally started feeding? I'm very concerned that the snake will refuse to go near a rat - alive or dead - from all that trauma...

[shadi11]

I know I'm a minority on this but I was really hoping the snake can pull through without getting euthanized. There's a sign on the reptile store close to my house that reads, "The only bad snake is a dead snake.". I think he got it from Steve Irwin or something... I'm sooo glad to know the snake is healing and getting good vet care.

Anyway, Shadi, et. al., do you know if the snake finally started feeding? I'm very concerned that the snake will refuse to go near a rat - alive or dead - from all that trauma...

I just checked on that and so far the snake is still refusing food.She even offered smaller food with hopes it may not see that as a threat. I guess we can wait and see. That is my fear as well .

[Texas Dan]

I didn't read through the whole thing, but I gather she took it to the vet. I was going to say, there's a guy I know on a sportbike forum that can find anything on anyone.

A guy said "Try and find me" to him, and the next day he had pictures of his car at his job! Posted his address, phone number, full name etc.

Guess it doesn't matter now. I hope everything goes well, I can't see pictures up here at work most of the time.

[Haitun]

That's sick. That poor little snake got eaten. :/

This kind of thing doesn't happen in 3 seconds when you just turn your back. It at LEAST should have taken 5 minutes for that rat to chew to the bone and eat.. everything around it... ugh. Why wasn't she watching?

It reminds me of the article I found online once about someone who nailed a ball python into a phone poll in many different places (including through his jaw)... alive... And he survived, but barely...


Shameful..

Hope she'll keep recovering...

[Oxylepy]

That animal should have been put down. Her spine is showing. Her freaking spine is showing. Even keeping it alive is torture imo, and it should have been put down, either in a freezer like Ralph Davis stated for Caramels that don't do well and have major kinks, or put into a chamber and gassed like what is done to rodents. In either case it would be better for the snake than living after that extensive of injuries. Had all the skin on my sides and back been ripped off I would be pleading for death, not medical attention.

[rebeccabecca]

Rats can make good human pets but not snake pets! Rats can hurt a snake with in seconds! Never leave anything other then pinkies alone in a snake tank!