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....you folks will be getting reports whether you want them or not.

This snake is the most amazing thing I have personally experienced in a long time. It weighed 21.1g after the wet enclosure for 48 hrs and tube feeding the baby food. Today it took a total of 5cc of LRS by stomach tube and is markedly more stable in it's balance. The 3rd tubing showed the first noticeable lump in the tummy. I'm encouraged tonight about how it's responding. I do this sort of thing at work for companion animals of the lovey dovey kind and this is a completely new experience for me. I feel guilty about how this happened and and hope I don't torture this poor creature in my attempts to be "helpfull".

>>....you folks will be getting reports whether you want them or not.
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>>This snake is the most amazing thing I have personally experienced in a long time. It weighed 21.1g after the wet enclosure for 48 hrs and tube feeding the baby food. Today it took a total of 5cc of LRS by stomach tube and is markedly more stable in it's balance. The 3rd tubing showed the first noticeable lump in the tummy. I'm encouraged tonight about how it's responding. I do this sort of thing at work for companion animals of the lovey dovey kind and this is a completely new experience for me. I feel guilty about how this happened and and hope I don't torture this poor creature in my attempts to be "helpfull".
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

I once fell from a 50' tree with many branches that slowed my decent and landed directly on my back on a large rock...

My best friend said...Dude are you ok ?...

I said...Give me 5 minutes...

"No sir...I didn't like it..." R&S.

LOL

Keep us posted, always great to learn stuff about things like this in case I run into a similar scenario.

>>>>....you folks will be getting reports whether you want them or not.
>>>>
>>>>This snake is the most amazing thing I have personally experienced in a long time. It weighed 21.1g after the wet enclosure for 48 hrs and tube feeding the baby food. Today it took a total of 5cc of LRS by stomach tube and is markedly more stable in it's balance. The 3rd tubing showed the first noticeable lump in the tummy. I'm encouraged tonight about how it's responding. I do this sort of thing at work for companion animals of the lovey dovey kind and this is a completely new experience for me. I feel guilty about how this happened and and hope I don't torture this poor creature in my attempts to be "helpfull".
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>>Thanks,
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>>Frank Roberts
>>Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research
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>>I once fell from a 50' tree with many branches that slowed my decent and landed directly on my back on a large rock...
>>
>>My best friend said...Dude are you ok ?...
>>
>>I said...Give me 5 minutes...
>>
>>"No sir...I didn't like it..." R&S.
>>
>>LOL
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Thanks,

Frank Roberts
Roberts' Realm Of Reptile Research

I once fell from a 50' tree with many branches that slowed my decent and landed directly on my back on a large rock...

My best friend said...Dude are you ok ?...

I said...Give me 5 minutes...

"No sir...I didn't like it..." R&S.

LOL

So far, so good!

Keep a log so we can reference in future. It'll be quite an accomplishment to bring this one back and I'm sure it'll be useful reference for others with dehydration issues.

Continued fingers crossed...

Linda,
...As you have seen tube feeding is WAY less stressful than force feeding and getting some calories into that snake may fix his balance/wobbling problems. But, it seems odd to me that the snake would survive for so long and then show up with emaciation being the primary problem. Perhaps the cats injured it and that is what is causing the neurological symptoms. Cats that are hungry and know how to hunt will bite hard to quickly kill a small animal. Spoiled well fed house cats often play with small animals without biting hard but instead grabbing and shaking and tossing. This could have injured the snake's spine. Just a thought.
...Do not feel guilty about the snake getting lost for awhile. It happens to most of who breed Rainbows and they often perish before we find them. You have done good producing healthy litters and some losses are just gonna happen. A litter born in the wild may have a one year survival rate below 5 percnt. We are doing enormously better than that and so should be proud of our efforts.
Jeff

>>....you folks will be getting reports whether you want them or not.
>>
>>This snake is the most amazing thing I have personally experienced in a long time. It weighed 21.1g after the wet enclosure for 48 hrs and tube feeding the baby food. Today it took a total of 5cc of LRS by stomach tube and is markedly more stable in it's balance. The 3rd tubing showed the first noticeable lump in the tummy. I'm encouraged tonight about how it's responding. I do this sort of thing at work for companion animals of the lovey dovey kind and this is a completely new experience for me. I feel guilty about how this happened and and hope I don't torture this poor creature in my attempts to be "helpfull".

My cats aren't spoiled! LOL

I's been a long time ago, but they were to blame the corn snake maulings. Well, maybe not to blame.....I should have had them secured in escape proof enclosures. And...there was the tarantula incident several years ago. Those didn't survve either.

>>Linda,
>>...As you have seen tube feeding is WAY less stressful than force feeding and getting some calories into that snake may fix his balance/wobbling problems. But, it seems odd to me that the snake would survive for so long and then show up with emaciation being the primary problem. Perhaps the cats injured it and that is what is causing the neurological symptoms. Cats that are hungry and know how to hunt will bite hard to quickly kill a small animal. Spoiled well fed house cats often play with small animals without biting hard but instead grabbing and shaking and tossing. This could have injured the snake's spine. Just a thought.
>>...Do not feel guilty about the snake getting lost for awhile. It happens to most of who breed Rainbows and they often perish before we find them. You have done good producing healthy litters and some losses are just gonna happen. A litter born in the wild may have a one year survival rate below 5 percnt. We are doing enormously better than that and so should be proud of our efforts.
>>Jeff
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>>>>....you folks will be getting reports whether you want them or not.
>>>>
>>>>This snake is the most amazing thing I have personally experienced in a long time. It weighed 21.1g after the wet enclosure for 48 hrs and tube feeding the baby food. Today it took a total of 5cc of LRS by stomach tube and is markedly more stable in it's balance. The 3rd tubing showed the first noticeable lump in the tummy. I'm encouraged tonight about how it's responding. I do this sort of thing at work for companion animals of the lovey dovey kind and this is a completely new experience for me. I feel guilty about how this happened and and hope I don't torture this poor creature in my attempts to be "helpfull".