rescued savanna

[red dragon]

i got a sav monitor from a pet store, i know its not good to encourage that but he probly would have died, when i picked him up to look at him, he has no fat on him what so ever , you can see his hipbones sticking out, you can count each vertbrae (spelling) in his tail , he has burns on his feet from the heat rock they had him on , i got him home and checked over he had a tick in his ear me and my friend helped be got it out, then we gave him a bath and let him soak for 30 min , wile we set up a cage for him after we put him in it he pooped but it was just water, so i dont think he was fed for a wile ,after 2 days i tryed to feed him a med mouse he wouldnt take it i tryed braining the mouse to see if it would make it for apptizeing to him and nothing, can anybody help with suggestions for geting him to eat ,myfriend suggested blending up a mouse, sum crix, and vitimons,and sum eggs and few other stuff for fat like hamberger meat .
he is about 2ft long weights about 2lbs very underweght ill post pix lil later

	Crickets Crix

[red dragon]

ok i was looking him over and i just noticed a blister in his mouth, i guessing the start of mouth rot might be why hes not eating , so my friend is comeing over tonight to look and tell me , lets hope its not mouthrot

[Slithers]

I hate to say it but you are only helping support those cruel pet stores by buying it off of them.

If it dies in their hands its a loss, but when you buy it off them its their gain obviously.

I wish you best of luck, but I thought I'd add my 2¢ as always.

Any pics?

[red dragon]

i know but it took alot of thinking b4 i did it i know its just supporting them but his face just screemed too me , but hey good thing is i got it for 10 $it was 55 i threated them with ASPCA i didnt think ited work but it did , i guess it cuz there just a lil family owned bussness , thay kinda freaked out when i sayed that

[fire_kat]

If he has a blister in his mouth,you are probably right that it is too sore to eat.When we rescued a Sav. the vet said give it a SMALL amount of canned dog food.....Good luck and an easy way to not be tempted to purchase poorly cared for pet store critters is to not go to that store .(That's how I avoid it)
Good luck

[red dragon]

its one of the 2 pet stores in area where i can get my food from and that carries reptiles

[red dragon]

hes very thin hope you can see the mouth sore let me know what you think

[Reptscue]

He looks to be a wild caught subadult.
The tick... I hope you were very careful when removing it, it could have been carring a disease from Africa . I would get this guy to a vet as soon as possible for a fecal check and general health exam. Get some weight on him and get him dewormed if needed.
I took in about 14 of these guys a few years back, but only 4 survived. I was given them from a petstore that had to sort through the dead to get these out.
Here is a post about the first savannah rescue I got.
http://redtailboa.net/forums/rescues...monitor+rescue

[red dragon]

ty reptscue iv been working on hrydration and he pooped but it was just liqued so hes drinking , so im guessing he hasnt eatin in a wile i tryed to let him eat but he didnt so if he dosent in 2-3 more days im gonna start with force feeding a blended protine mix for him ,

[razeraze]

have you offered pinkies? leave them over night and be sure the sav can not see you. some are very shy eaters and will die of starvation before eating in front of you.