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First off, to everyone who is not the OP:

I have always taken pride in the people of this forum for their friendliness and willingness to help others while keeping a level head, remembering that losing your temper will do no good besides making you feel better in the moment and will actually likely make things worse with the original poster. There is a fine line between firmly but cordially telling it like it is and being a complete jerk to someone, and I am extremely disappointed to see that several of you seriously crossed that line. Remember, we are complete strangers to her; she has no good reason to believe us in how we are asking her to take care of this very serious issue, and behaving in such a manner is certainly not going to sway her opinion towards our way of thinking. I know you guys are smart enough to take a step back from the keyboard and cool down for a few minutes before pressing that post button; I truly hope that in the future you will take into consideration how to word your message in a way that it will be best received in order to get the reptile the help it needs before submitting your reply.

To the OP:

I know that this may not be effective in changing your mind about the vet, but I have to try. Despite how we may come across, we truly care about this snake and its well-being. Part of being an exotic pet owner is searching down an experienced vet and being willing to take your pet there even if you don’t think it is an overly serious problem, no matter how much it will cost you, how far you have to drive, or what you have to do to get the animal to that vet. Sometimes it can be difficult, but it is so important that I firmly believe that any person who either doesn’t have an experienced reptile vet close to them or isn’t willing to drive however many hours in order to get to one should seriously reconsider adopting a reptile in the first place.

I spent $600 dollars in March trying to save the life of my snake that originally cost me about $50 dollars, driving over an hour in order to get him the care he needed. When you take on the responsibility of a pet, you are making a promise to it to make sure that it has the best life possible, whether that is with you or not. Part of that is that you must get your pet in to the vet if there is even the slightest sign whatsoever that something isn’t right, especially with animals like snakes that are so stoic that by the time they are showing there is anything wrong, it can sometimes be too late. I agree with the others; your boa is seriously ill, it doesn’t look like MBD to me, and he needs immediate medical attention. I won’t lie: from the looks of things, if it can’t be fixed in a way that allows him to live a healthy, normal life, he may very well need to be humanely euthanized.

If you do not believe that you have the time/money/ability needed to get your snake to the vet, I highly recommend finding him a home with someone who can before it is too late. If you go with that option, perhaps you could list your general location on this thread and we may be able to point you in the direction of someone willing to take him. I sincerely hope that you don’t let the few people on here who were overly harsh keep you from doing what is best for your pet. You are the only hope your snake has of living a healthy, pain-free life, I know that you as someone who cared enough about this snake to adopt him in the first place won’t want to let him down.