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drimes
at Wed Jun 8 06:40:21 2005 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by drimes ]
We switched the water supply for our boas several months ago to bottled water, that we tested for chlorine (chloramine) level. There have been no obvious physical or behavioral changes in any of our animals, however we still feel somewhat better about giving it to them given boas sensitivity to environmental conditions.
In the case of Gloria, I believe that either she had a genetic susceptibility to health issues or it was just plain bad luck. We keep our collection of around 50 boas in exactly the same conditions and so far, Gloria is the ONLY one to die. This is not to say that there may not be others, time will tell on that issue.
You appear to have done extensive research regarding water quality and I thank you for it. I may copy and save the text from your post as reference material. I appreciate your thoughts and especially your comments regarding Gloria. The pathology report should be back in a couple weeks, so I will report the findings, which I suspect cannot be linked to water supply but like I said, we have switched water supplies anyway just err on the side of caution.
Denny Rimes
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- A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - drimes, Mon Jun 6 18:48:29 2005
- I am very sorry for your loss..... more.... - sojourner, Mon Jun 6 19:17:49 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - Trueredtails, Mon Jun 6 19:20:19 2005
- Denny- Sorry to hear the bad news..... - bthacker, Mon Jun 6 19:44:08 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - King_Serpentine, Mon Jun 6 19:49:17 2005
- Sorry to hear about your loss............more - cnb2, Mon Jun 6 20:13:49 2005
- very sorry for your loss, she was a beautiful snake n/p - willykink, Mon Jun 6 20:26:41 2005
- thanks Denny for sharing so that we can all learn.......and RIP Gloria. nm - gray, Mon Jun 6 20:33:58 2005
- Oh, that's really sad. I'm sorry for your loss, but thank you so much for - Amanda_Burke, Mon Jun 6 20:49:45 2005
- Denny, sorry to hear about her passing...nm - johnmartino, Mon Jun 6 21:27:37 2005
- Losses are tough. Especially when they are out of your control. np - PGoss, Mon Jun 6 21:44:34 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - Dove_3, Mon Jun 6 22:25:16 2005
- I am so sorry to hear that Denny, that is a downer for sure...np - robertmcphee, Mon Jun 6 22:45:18 2005
- RE:I am sorry for your loss,She was a Beauty..............nm - Hypoboa1, Mon Jun 6 23:23:24 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - greenman38, Mon Jun 6 23:38:51 2005
- RE: Some forensic questions if I may... - lateralis, Tue Jun 7 00:50:18 2005
- Denny, Kathy, Remember her as that last pic shows. -more - Southernboids, Tue Jun 7 06:55:47 2005
- Thank you everyone for your kind words.......... - drimes, Tue Jun 7 06:59:01 2005
- So sorry for your loss, and thanks so much for posting this info. n/p - bcijoe, Tue Jun 7 08:25:14 2005
- That's horrible, she was a sweet looking boa.... - tcdrover, Tue Jun 7 09:40:23 2005
- I'm so sorry to hear this, but thank you for sharing. Maybe it will.....> - LindaH, Tue Jun 7 10:19:54 2005
- my sympathy for your loss - AbsoluteApril, Tue Jun 7 11:14:21 2005
- Very sorry for your loss - michaelburton, Tue Jun 7 16:15:56 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - tcarter, Tue Jun 7 17:36:04 2005
- RE: A sad day........Caution very graphic pitures.....Long...... - JeffGray, Tue Jun 7 17:46:20 2005
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WOW....You have really done some research.... - drimes, Wed Jun 8 06:40:21 2005