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THE VET I AM DEALING WITH HAS HELPED ME WITH ALL OF MY SNAKES IN THE PAST... I HAVE JUST GOT 49 NEW GREEN TREE PYTHONS AND ALREADY HAD 6... I NOW HAVE 9 RED TAILS AND I AM PICKING UP ANOTHER TODAY... AND I HAVE 6 CARPET PYTHONS...

THE RAT ATTACK HAPPENED TO MY SONS SNAKE AND THE SNAKE IS I THINK 3 OR 3.5... I HAVE BEEN TRYING FOR HIS ENTIRE LIFE TO GET HIM TO EAT F/T BUT I HAVE NEVER HAD SUCCESS... I HAVE TRIED EVERY TRICK IN THE BOOK... EVERYTHING YOU HAVE SUGGESTED I HAVE DONE...

I WAS GOING TO GIVE THIS RAT A VARY PAINFULL DEATH BY TAKING HIM FISHING BUT I DECIDED THAT I WOULD BE A LITTLE LESS STUPID ABOUT IT AND I WOULD TRY FEEDING HIM TO THE SNAKE... SO I GAVE HIM A GOOD THUMP ON THE HEAD AND DAMB THEY BLEED ALOT... LOL

SO I THREW THE DEAD RAT IN THE CAGE AT LIGHTS OUT AND CHECKED IT THIS MORNING AND HE HAD EATEN THE RAT... SO..... MAYBE HE WAS JUST HUNGRY OR MAYBE I JUST GOT REALLY LUCKY... I HAVE TRIED THIS SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PAST WITH NO LUCK...

SO I AM VARY HAPPY THAT HE ATE BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT HE MIGHT GO OFF FEEDING FOR A WHILE...

AND AS FAR AS HIS BITE...... THE BITE WAS A LITTLE BIT BIGGER THEN A QUARTER AND OVAL SHAPED... AND IT WAS A GOOD 3/4" OR 1/2" DEEP... I AM GIVING HIM HYDRO-THERAPY EVERY DAY FOR 15 MINUTES... AND THAT MEANS I AM TAKING HIM TO THE SINK AND RINSING OUT THE BITE WITH THE SPRAYER ON THE SINK... AND AFTER THAT I PUT AN OINTMENT ON THE BITE... ITS ABOUT THE SAME AS NEOSPORIN... AND EVERY OTHER DAY I GIVE HIM SOME ANTIBIOTICS THROUGH A SHOT...

I EXAMINED THE BITE LAST NIGHT WHEN I CLEANED IT AND I WAS AMAZED AS TO HOW MUCH TISSUE HAD GROWN BACK... IT IS STILL DEEP BUT I CAN NO LONGER SEE HIS MUSCLE... SO I AN CERTIN THAT WERE ON THE WAY TO RECOVERY...

I HAVE HAD REPTILES ALL OF MY LIFE... I HAVE BEEN BREEDING REPTILES SINCE I WAS IN THE 6TH GRADE... SO I CONSIDER MYSELF TO BE SOME WHAT REPTILE SMART... I REALLY DO APPRECIEATE ALL THE ADVISE...

I HAVE JUST EXPANDED MY COLLECTION THIS MONTH AND I HOPE TO BE IN THE 400-500 RANGE BY THE END OFF THE YEAR... I TAKE MY SNAKES VARY SERIOUSLEY... I HAD SENT MY GIRLFRIEND THAT IS FROM NORWAY BACK HOME FOR 2 MONTHS TO GET ME SOME NEW GREEN TREE PYTHONS... GTP'S ARE MY FAVORITE TO LOOK AT BECAUSE OF THEIR BEAUTIFUL COLORS... BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT OVERALL THE RED TAIL BOA COMES OUT ON TOP EVERY TIME... THEY ARE MORE PERSONABLE THEN MOST SNAKES AND THEY ARE GOOD FAMILY SNAKES... I HAVE A DOG AND CAT AND THEY HAVE NEVER STRUCK AT THEM OR GOTTEN EXCITED ABOUT THEM BEFORE... ALL MY OTHER SNAKES GET EXCITED ABOUT THE DOG AND CAT...

I WILL BE MAKING A WEBPAGE SOON SO I CAN POST ALL MY PETS... PLUS MY HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER (SMALL TOWN) IS DOING A STORY ON MY COLLECTION SO THEY MIGHT HAVE PICS ON THE WEB FIRST...

WELL THANKS AGAIN FOR THE HELP... I AM NEW TO THIS ROOM BUT I POST IN THE GTP ROOM ALL THE TIME... THIS ROOM HAS LOTS MORE PEOPLE AND LOTS MORE POSTS... SO I PLAN ON STICKING AROUND...

SHILOH

Your snake looks like it is doing better, your vet advice posted prior was great by the way.

Try continuing the attempts to feed prekilled, your on the right track with that as well, and it indeed mainly takes patience. A real good guy to talk about this is Rob Carmicheal, he is curator at a large reptile zoo in Illinois and is just fantastic. He frequents the venomous, burmese and indigo forums mostly I believe.

Please, also in the future, turn your caps'lock off as it makes it harder to read your posts, and is generally used to show that someone is yelling.

ya sorry about the caps... those are messages that i write at work and everything i type is in caps... but my caps button is broke so i cant change to lower case and they wont get me a new one because i wouldent benifit me at work...

thanks

shiloh