Nzambi, the sick snake we rescued last Friday, passed away this evening.

This came as a bit of a shock; she seemed like she was getting better.

My husband was home alone and noticed that she had pooped and went to clean it up. When he tried to move her, he noticed that she had passed. It's a shame.... such a waste.

So we're pretty sad over here. We really thought she was going to make it, but apparently she was just too far gone and the additional stress of her treatments was just too much for her. I wonder if we could have done anything differently... handled her less to swab out her mouth or something... I'm trying to remember that it's not our fault that she was in the condition she was in, and we did everything we could for her.

Very very sad.

We're not going to let all this equipment go to waste. After we thouroughly disinfect everything, we're going to hunt around for a healthy young boa. It won't replace her, but we'd like to try the boa thing again. Maybe if we get off to a good, healthy start we'll have better luck. This time, I'd like to find a bcc. Anyway, this won't be the last you hear from me.

R.I.P., Nzambi.
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~Alika~
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• our rescue passed away - alika, Wed May 18 22:57:12 2005
• I'm so sorry.... - Solo, Thu May 19 05:11:49 2005
• RE: I'm so sorry.... - alika, Thu May 19 14:05:35 2005
• A vailant effort but some advice....more - Hoppy, Thu May 19 10:23:07 2005
• RE: A vailant effort but some advice....more - alika, Thu May 19 13:53:06 2005
• RE: our rescue passed away - AbsoluteApril, Thu May 19 11:11:05 2005
• RE: our rescue passed away - alika, Thu May 19 14:05:09 2005
• RE: our rescue passed away - Dove_3, Thu May 19 17:22:32 2005
• RE: our rescue passed away - HLuterman, Fri May 20 13:40:19 2005