Wow! What's up with all that kindness & compassion you showed this fella? Ya'll sure put a lot of stock in "assumptions."





"As was discussed in your previous thread below there are a few things that quite likely may have been happening with the snake and if feeding the snake more did not help then a vet almost certainly could have fixed it without major capitol input."



Like what? How many times have you heard of a snake biting itself like that? It isn't a common occurrence. In the other thread Kelly Haller mentioned that he'd only heard of 3 causes for it and this person ruled out two of them. That leaves a CNS (central nervous system) disorder, which I feel was apropriately dealt with. Euthanization was the best choice for the snake's sake. I don't care if they put the snake down their self or had a Vet do it - they did the right thing.



And where did the talk of Vet costs being a factor come from other than you? I didn't see it mentioned by "goregrind" in the earlier thread.



How is one to watch a snake 24/7 to ensure that it doesn't eat itself to the point of no return?



No, I don't think you two nay-sayers are bad people, but I do believe your attitudes were bad and your thought process was flawed at the time of your posting. I hope people are easier on ya'll if/when you ever find yourself in a similar situation.



Later!

HH
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• cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Sun Apr 12 16:10:53 2009
• did the snake ever see a vet? - anuraanman, Mon Apr 13 11:22:14 2009
• RE: did the snake ever see a vet? - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 14 01:24:43 2009
• vet wasnt an option because... - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 19:42:17 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HogBilly, Mon Apr 13 13:28:30 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 14 01:10:54 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HogBilly, Tue Apr 14 10:31:14 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 20:05:25 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 19:53:24 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - celticvamp, Mon Apr 13 16:06:39 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 14 00:50:27 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HogBilly, Tue Apr 14 10:38:37 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - celticvamp, Tue Apr 14 22:00:20 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 20:23:03 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 20:19:36 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - HappyHillbilly, Tue Apr 14 01:26:26 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - goregrind, Wed Apr 15 20:31:48 2009
• RE: cal king almost ate himself - imjustheather, Thu Apr 23 17:30:36 2009