Thank you.

She was pretty far gone, and she had to be handled quite a bit for her treatments, which probably only stressed her out more and made things worse. She was very weak... distrubingly so. You know how when you pick up a constrictor you just get that sense of how powerful they are, whether they're holding onto you or not? She never had that. She was very limp, not even trying to hold on, and she could barely even hold up her own head. Looking back on it, I would have been surprised if she had lived, but there was always room for hope.

As far as the whole bci or bcc thing, I can see the argument. I have worked with both a bci and a bcc, both in husbandry and in handling, so I do have an idea about the difference. But when I counsel people about birds, I try to tell them that if they really want an African Grey, they shouldn't start with a budgie just to get experience. Budgies can live to be 20 years old, and what happens to the first bird when the grey arrives? Sometimes it's okay, but sometimes it gets neglected because it's not what the owner really wanted. So I tell them that if they want an African Grey, do the research top to bottom, get some experience with other peoples' large birds, make sure it's what you really want, then get the grey. Both the bird and the people are usually happier in the end for it. The only exception is if the buyer is a kid, then sometimes things are a little different...

So, I guess what I'm trying to say, is that it's not like I have 0 reptile experience, 0 snake experience, or even 0 boa experience... I have all of the above. I don't want to get a bci and then wish I had gotten a bcc and then end up with more snakes I can handle... if that makes any sense.

But like I told hopper, I might not even be able to find a good bcc in the area. So far, most of the nice looking babies I've found have been bci's. I'd rather have a good, healthy bci than a sick bcc We'll just see what happens.

Anyway, thanks for all your remarks.
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~Alika~
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