I am so sorry to hear she passed. Just remember you did your best and that is all anyone could have asked. It does sound like she was probably too far gone already... snakes and reptiles in general are so very good at hiding any illness since in the wild they would then be easy prey.. by the time they really start to show they are sick it is sometimes too late.

I rescued a BCC... he was being force fed, I fixed his temps, got him to eat on his own, took to the vet who did a fecal and we started dewormer (he was infested!), he seemed to start feeling better, started to actually be active and then just up and died with no warning. It was just too late by the time I got him to save him. I just think that at least his last weeks were confortable and as stable as I could make them.

You did more for that boa than a lot of people would have!

RIP Nzambi
http://www.rainbowbridgepetmemorials.com/rainbowbridgestory.html


RIP Oreo

Good luck with whatever you decide to get next, I think Hoppy made some good points in choosing a BCi over a BCc for a first boa. Take care,
April

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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