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03-26-2002, 10:56 AM
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Hey all! Well, I took in some boas as a babysitting job and it ended up a rescue here the last couple of months (edited to reflect the current situation). One in particular, Princess (7.5') was not only VERY skinny from inappetance, but had mouth rot and scale rot. With help from some wonderful people here (Beccah, JustMe (SIS, you were great!), JuliusSqueezer, Lori, Eddie, Constrictor BO, JoltMan and SnakePool) we were able to cure her of the 'rots'. We got some Baytril and injected it as instructed, 2 weeks later, she looked good as new, if too skinny. She had been kept in certain conditions with a previous owner (left with a live rat, she was chewed upon!) so now it's very difficult to get her to eat. She hasn't eaten on her own for 6 months, well..7 now. For the past month, we've been half-way force feeding her. Thawing out small rats (fuzzies, 2 of them), making sure they are nice and wet and sticking them in her mouth, one at a time, getting it caught real good on her teeth and down far enough to where she just says, "Too much trouble to spit it out. Forget it, I'll just swallow it!" She has been taking these well, but she's also been getting stronger...lol. It was starting to get more and more difficult to fight her. I got many suggestions to feed live or fresh killed....but after dealing with the mites from the other 4 boas we decided not to ask for trouble. I decided to try a different tactic. We got 2 black rats. They put them down for us at EBV and we brought them home and froze them. Come feeding time, Tim, my boyfriend, tries to get her to eat, but still, a no go. He puts the rat under the heat lamp and goes outside for a smoke. I wasn't ready to give up! I took that rat and approached her differently. Where he tries to bump her on the nose, she shies away. I came at her from behind. Tapping her body gently along her lower third. She tried to move her body sideways, I could see she was getting aggravated. When the rat went past her neck and to the level of her eye, she whipped around and took the rat!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] I jumped, not from fear, but from the fact that it worked! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] It took her a while to get it sorted out, like she was lost, out of practice. She finally managed to get it down. She was looking around so I got the second one. I stuck it in front of her face, she lightly hissed, lined it up and took it! That one went down MUCH faster!!
I have been through a major crash course in rehabilitation, and I know it's only the tip of the iceberg. But I did it! WE did it. Now if she will do that on white jumbo rats, we're home free....time will tell.
Here is a pic of her constricting a small rat, her first in quite some time. [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 11:20 AM
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THIS is what makes it ALL worth it when rehabbing !!!!
GREAT JOB !!
Keep it up [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 11:21 AM
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You have absolutly no idea how happy I am to see that!!!!!! You did so well!!! Your perserverance and determination saved her life. You did a wonderful job. You have learned a lot in a very short time. I am proud of you and Tim (and Princess). What a happy day! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
You are going to have her fat in no time. lol
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03-26-2002, 12:59 PM
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Yeah, well done ladydragon, good job!
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03-26-2002, 01:39 PM
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Poor lil rat [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_frown.gif[/img]
Just kidding [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img] Glad she's doing better for ya [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 05:20 PM
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Congratulation Ldy d I know how hard you've been working to get that snake back to good health and how worried you've been about it. I'm so happy for you
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03-26-2002, 05:33 PM
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Glad to hear you got her doing better!
Also glad you didn't have to demonstrate the eating of the rat for her too! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 05:37 PM
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way to go!
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03-26-2002, 05:58 PM
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Thumbs up to LadyD. You did(and still are) a great job.
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03-26-2002, 08:11 PM
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Congrats!! Sounds like you did a lot of good for her, and she looks pretty good!!
Yes, bumping on the nose will almost always make a snake (esp a shy feeder) shy
away even more... it's usually recommended to bump the snake like you did, along the
back, a couple coils back from the neck which elicits the strike, so good job! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_smile.gif[/img]
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03-26-2002, 11:47 PM
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Thanks again everyone. I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from me. I have been worried SICK about her. I nearly cried, I was so happy that she did it herself. Thank you to everyone that helped. Without you, I'd have been lost! Such an amazing relief!
Thank You so MUCH!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_wink.gif[/img]
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03-31-2002, 11:24 AM
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The final test has been passed! She took a WHITE JUMBO rat with NO poking, prodding, aggravation what-so-ever!! WOOOOOOT!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_eek.gif[/img] [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
She's such a good girl!! There are more photos in 'her' album nested in mine:
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Again, THANK YOU to all who helped us!! She is now on the road to a full recovery. I couldn't be happier for her!!! [img]modules/Forum/images/smiles/icon_biggrin.gif[/img]
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