Hi,
I have another rescue on my hands. My friend who is looking for a boa asked me to stop by this pet store and look at the snakes they had. I saw a boa in a glass tank with nothing but a heat lamp hanging down. no subtrate, no water, no cover over the light bulb, nothing! First I was pissed, then I gained control and asked to see it and why it was living like that. he said he wasn't selling it, it hadn't eaten in months, and he was going to force feed it. he said he had had it since March 2002 it had eaten twice and then didn't eat again. It looked very small (about 18" long, 3/4-1" across),and very dehydrated, infact, it looks like a neonate to me. It passed urates while I was looking at it, which I thought could be a good sign (or not). It's tongue is flicking good, when I turned him upside down, at first he didn't turn back over, then he did. and everytime thereafter, he righted himself. he does raise his head way up straight and the kinda tips backwards, his belly is pink like he's well into shed, and at the pet store, he didn't wrap or hold on with his back part at all. I talked the pet store guy into giving him to me. I took him home, put him into a very wet aspen subtrait, and soaked him in some pedialyte (I didn't have regular so in desparation, I found pedialyte popsicles, so I figured at this point, I (and he)didn't have anything to loose). After about two hours he looked much better, he didn't look so dehydrated, and got really active (of course that could have been all the sucrose in the popsicles) and when I picked him up, he wrapped his tail around my finger and held on. This was last nite, and he is still alive today, ;D just as active, we are going to the vet who helped save my ball, in a few minutes.
But, as I know you guys have aLOT of experience with Boas, I would appreciate any suggestions or help I can get. b26.gif
thanks so much,
Lisa aka Snakewife
I have another rescue on my hands. My friend who is looking for a boa asked me to stop by this pet store and look at the snakes they had. I saw a boa in a glass tank with nothing but a heat lamp hanging down. no subtrate, no water, no cover over the light bulb, nothing! First I was pissed, then I gained control and asked to see it and why it was living like that. he said he wasn't selling it, it hadn't eaten in months, and he was going to force feed it. he said he had had it since March 2002 it had eaten twice and then didn't eat again. It looked very small (about 18" long, 3/4-1" across),and very dehydrated, infact, it looks like a neonate to me. It passed urates while I was looking at it, which I thought could be a good sign (or not). It's tongue is flicking good, when I turned him upside down, at first he didn't turn back over, then he did. and everytime thereafter, he righted himself. he does raise his head way up straight and the kinda tips backwards, his belly is pink like he's well into shed, and at the pet store, he didn't wrap or hold on with his back part at all. I talked the pet store guy into giving him to me. I took him home, put him into a very wet aspen subtrait, and soaked him in some pedialyte (I didn't have regular so in desparation, I found pedialyte popsicles, so I figured at this point, I (and he)didn't have anything to loose). After about two hours he looked much better, he didn't look so dehydrated, and got really active (of course that could have been all the sucrose in the popsicles) and when I picked him up, he wrapped his tail around my finger and held on. This was last nite, and he is still alive today, ;D just as active, we are going to the vet who helped save my ball, in a few minutes.
But, as I know you guys have aLOT of experience with Boas, I would appreciate any suggestions or help I can get. b26.gif
thanks so much,
Lisa aka Snakewife
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