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MY SNAKES HAVE ARRIVED

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Posted by: SHHAWKE at Fri Mar 18 07:44:09 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by SHHAWKE ]  
   

WELL I ENDED UP WITH 39... ALL SEEM TO BE IN GREAT HEALTH AFTER THE PLANE RIDE... I AM VARY EXCITED... I WILL POST SOME PICS AS SOON AS I GET SOME FREE TIME... I DECIDED TO GET THE VISION CAGES AND THEY ARE WORKING PERFECT... ALTHOUGH I ONLY HAVE ABOUT 20 CAGES UP AND RUNNING... MY GIRLFRIEND IS GOING TO SPEND MOST OF THE DAY GETTING THE REST PUT TOGETHER...

I AM A LITTLE TIRED... I SPENT MOST OF YESTERDAY GETTING THE CAGES PUT TOGETHER AND GETTING THE SNAKES PUT AWAY... MOST OF THEM HAVE A NICE TEMPER... BUT THEIR ARE A FEW THAT WOULD LOVE TO SWOLLOW MY HAND...



ALTHOUGH I DID HAVE SOME BAD LUCK WHILE I WAS GONE... MY STUPID CAT HAD TURNED OFF ONE OF MY POWER STRIPS BY STEPPING ON IT AND IT TURNED OFF THE HEAT TO ONE OF MY CAGES... THE CAGES HOUSED MY 6.5 FOOT RED TAIL BOA... WELL BECAUSE THE POWER SOURCE WAS OFF THE CAGE DROPPED TO ABOUT 65 DEGREES... AND THATS BAD ENOUGH BECAUSE HE WAS LIKE THAT FOR ABOUT 24 HOURS... BUT I HAD THROWN IN A RAT FOR HIM TO EAT BEFORE I LEFT... THE RAT LEFT ABOUT 23 BITEMARKS ON MY SNAKE AND ONE IS ABOUT THE SIZE OF A QUARTER AND A GOOD 1/2 INCH DEEP...

I RUSHED HIM TO THE VET AND THE VET STICHED ABOUT 6 OF THE BITES BUT WE HAD TO LEAVE THE LARGE ONE OPEN BECAUSE WE ARE WORRIED IT WILL FILL WITH FLUID... SO HE GAVE ME THE EQUIVALENT TO NEOSPORIN... AND I PUT IT ON THE WOUND COVERING IT AND HAVE TO WASH IT OUT IN THE SINK FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES A DAY... AND EVERY OTHER DAY I GIVE HIM A SHOT OF ANTIBIOTICS...

SO AS YOU CAN IMAGINE I WAS NOT IN THE BEST MOOD... HOWEVER MY SNAKE SEEMS TO BE DOING GOOD... THE VET SAYS THAT IN ABOUT 2 WEEKS IT SHOULD BE HEALED UP... AND I THINK THAT AFTER ABOUT 4-6 SHEEDS IT WOND BE VARY NOTICABLE... THE WOUND IS SO BIG THAT I COULD PUT HALF OF MY THUMB IN IT IF I WANTED TO...



THE VET SAYS THAT 99% OF THE TIME WHEN THIS HAPPENS TO A SNAKE ITS BECAUSE THE HEAT LIGHT BURNED OUT OR THE POWER GOT TURNED OFF... HE TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO SUPER GLUE THE RATS MOUTH SHUT NEXT FEEDING...



WELL IF ANYONE IS INTRESTED I WOULD POST A PIC OF THE INJURY... SO LET ME KNOW...



AND I WILL TRY TO POST SOME PICS OF MY "REPTILE ROOMS" OVER THE WEEKEND... I WANT IT TO LOOK GOOD BEFORE I POST ANY PICS...



SHILOH

   

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