This is an eastern hog that belongs to a friend of mine.He is currently being treated for a respiratory infection. Jeff
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male eastern hog (colorful)
cochran
Dec 27, 2006 05:17 PM
Replies (8)
kfisher29
Dec 28, 2006 07:22 AM
Very nice!!! Hope he recovers so he can spread his colorful genes! Kevin
Dillybird
Dec 28, 2006 08:38 AM
He's gorgeous! I've only ever seen one in person, mine.
How do you treat a snake for RI? I am currently treating a boxie, who is getting a series of ten shots of Baytril, once a day for ten days, and I'm keeping him at about 90F. Just wondering how snake treatment compares.
Nanci
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0.0.1 Normal Corn, 0.0.1 Cali King 0.1 Nelson's Milk
0.1 Tricolor Hog, 0.0.1 Eastern Hog, 1.0 Eastern Box Turtle
0.0.2 Desert Torts, 2.0 Feral Pigeons
wisema2297
Dec 28, 2006 05:22 PM
Baytril administered orally by a syringe. You just have to be carefull to ensure the dosage is correct in relation to body weight.
cochran
Dec 28, 2006 07:20 PM
I have bad news about the beautiful male hog.He passed away today.He had gotten his first dose of Baytril but,it just came too late.The owner of this snake is "old school" and he has a lot of stuff to die.He keeps everything in one cage.I give up!I'm not used to having animals die in my house. Jeff
cochran
Dec 28, 2006 07:22 PM
I forgot to add,he was taken to a vet,@ my expense.
Dillybird
Dec 29, 2006 06:19 AM
That sucks, I'm sorry. He was so pretty.
Nanci
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0.0.1 Normal Corn, 0.0.1 Cali King 0.1 Nelson's Milk
0.1 Tricolor Hog, 0.0.1 Eastern Hog, 1.0 Eastern Box Turtle
0.0.2 Desert Torts, 2.0 Feral Pigeons
reako45
Dec 29, 2006 02:40 PM
That sucks! I've read posts by FR and always remember what he wrote about taking snakes from the wild. If we do so, then we owe it to the snake to provide it w/ a better life than it would have had had we not come along. In my book that includes whatever medical treatment it might need.
reako45
herper79
Dec 29, 2006 08:21 PM
Too bad it didn't make it. Thank you for taking it upon yourself to help it out. I hope the person who owned it at least learned something from this. I also rescued a Monitor this year who had severe thermal burns. He is now recovered and the scare is shrinking every week, but it is still hard trying to find someone to adopt him. I still consider what you did as a rescue. You took him from a bad place into hands that could help. It was just unfortunate it didn't make it. I wish more people out there were like you, giving back to the animals that give so much to us.
Nick
