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So the snake from the moral dilemma post died.
I set her up with a hide, water dish, proper temps etc. I fed her a mouse sized rat. She ate it with gusto.
The next day she regurged, and the next day she was dead.
Apparently eating was too hard on her body.
I took pics of her so if anything comes from it (I doubt it), I have proof that she was in BAD shape when I got her.

Sucks.

-KOS
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"What is man without the beasts?
If all the beasts were gone,
men would die from great loneliness of spirit.
For what happens to the beasts,
soon happens to men.
All things are connected."

-Chief Seattle (Duwamish Tribe)

My condolences. Not only on the deal going bad, but for the poor snake. Best of luck to you in getting things straightened out.
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Lincoln, NE
0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly
2.0 Normals, 1.0 Thayeri, 0.1 Thayeri X Alterna, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

My condolences.

This is the second post recently about a python in bad shape eating and then dying. I was wondering if anybody knew of a better way to get nutrition into them that would not kill them? IV maybe by taking it to a herp vet?

Wondering in case we ever take in a rescue in this bad of shape. I know the best method would be to prevent them from ever getting to this state.

I make a Gatorade/Turkey Baby Food/miner-all slurry and put in a "ball syringe"! It gets their digestive juices going and in 3-5 treatments, they usually start feeding on their own!