Specimen: Ball Python female 1,025 grams. The previous owners got the bright idea of leaving a large live rat in with it then leaving for 3 days. Yes, you guessed it the rat started eating the ball python. This is one of the worst cases i've seen where the specimen survived the initial attack. My first concern was shock. The specimen had a portion of the tail vertabrate exposed for the last 1/14" no tissue. It had two wounds to the rear on the back, one was 1 1/2" long and 3/8" deep by 5/8" wide. The other was major, 3 5/8" long and 1 1/8" deep by 1 7/8" wide!!! The complete vertabrate was exposed and had massive bleeding and tissue loss. If anyone needs detail on treatment you can e-mail me. Lets just say it's been nearly 3 months of daily treatment and daily tacking of soft tissue to get the backbone covered. She's doing much better now and I hate to use the term but, has the sweetest temperment about everything she's been through! (I'd hate the world if I were her!) Just thought people here would appreciate this. Thanks Ray G. HBR www.herpbreedingresearch.com

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