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Well it's been about a month an a half now since the last dose of Flagyll!An she is doing great!I can't believe she is well again 3 months ago I thought she was a gonner for sure!But 1 thing for sure she's a fighter!An I hope an prey that I don't ever have to deal with another boa being that sick ever again!I'd rather fight off a respitory infection any day compared to how sick this girl was!Shes going to go back into her normal enclosier[75 gallon] in about 60 days!I wanna make sure she's 100% before I take her back into my bedroom with all the other's!She is doing well on the 1 large rat every 7 days no more regurges or nothing!At the beginning of the month,as long as she is still doing great I'll put her back on her normal feeding schedule that she was on before she got sick!Thanks to all for helping me get her threw this an here is a few pic's of her!Thanks Eric[Hypoboa]
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I missed the original thread, what did she have? I am currently getting one back to good health from a RI
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>>I missed the original thread, what did she have? I am currently getting one back to good health from a RI
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She had a combination of a respitory infection an was full of parasites an protozoa!An that taught me a lesson of trying to rescue animals that have been treated badly in my area,My whole collection could have gotten sick!So all my boa's from here on out unless they come from a trusted person,I am RAISING MYSELF,LOL!She was very under weight when I got her an I was told the old story that she wouldnt eat a but a certan color of rat,In my opinion they just couldnt feed her so her first meal was the colored rat they said she wouldnt eat!She did great got up to 21 lbs an was fine an when I put the male in with her she got stressed out I guess an the true fact that she was very sick came out!But she is well now,Thanks to some help from some great folks on here!Hows yours doing?Hope well!Thanks Eric [Hypoboa]
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It's so good to see her so healthy Eric!! I think a move to her very own HUGE cage is a good present for her having to fight so hard to live!
Another job well done Eric!!

>>It's so good to see her so healthy Eric!! I think a move to her very own HUGE cage is a good present for her having to fight so hard to live!
>>Another job well done Eric!!

Yea shes getting really tired of that 55 gallon tank!I just want to make 100% certain she's well before I move her back into her home!That really scared me an most definatley woke me up to the fact that it stinks to see peoplke mistreat boa's but you can't save them all!I could have lost my whole collection!An on my income I can't let that happen!But I am so happy that she is well!Thanks for your compliments!Eric[Hypoboa]
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I can never spell that word. It is great that this snake pulled through. While I am happy that she is well, it is my understanding that you do not know her history other than being unkept? I would recommend a much longer quarantine period. 6 months minimal for any boa that has shown illness before, and a year for those that are persistantly sick. While she has pulled through this, perhaps she was immunocompromised from being an asymptomatic carrier of a disease such as IBD. While poor husbandry is a more likely culprit, if this snake gets sick again with proper husbandry, and/or has future regurgitation than IBD becomes more suspect. The long quarantine times are to monitor for these "poor-doers" prior to entering a collection.

Just something to consider anyways...

>>I can never spell that word. It is great that this snake pulled through. While I am happy that she is well, it is my understanding that you do not know her history other than being unkept? I would recommend a much longer quarantine period. 6 months minimal for any boa that has shown illness before, and a year for those that are persistantly sick. While she has pulled through this, perhaps she was immunocompromised from being an asymptomatic carrier of a disease such as IBD. While poor husbandry is a more likely culprit, if this snake gets sick again with proper husbandry, and/or has future regurgitation than IBD becomes more suspect. The long quarantine times are to monitor for these "poor-doers" prior to entering a collection.
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>>Just something to consider anyways...

Yea,She definatley awoke me up!I had dealt with mites,R/I infections an all,Them were easy to take care of,Even a very emansipated boa once,But never nothing this awfull!Ididnt know what to do for her an had no help from vets in my area period!So if it wasn't for the help from people on here,well she probably wouldnt be here right now!I reckin it was meant to happen to me sooner or later with having to get the cheaper animals due to my income!The sad thing about it though is with the money I have spent on treating some of the animals I have had to treat I could have done had an albino or some other morph!But it's not the boa's fault she had a ruff life!I think the most confusing part of mt journey in knowledge of boa's is that I know what the propper temps an humidity an enviroment a boa should be in,An this is the confusing part,You take an animals that has been treated badly with improper husbandry an feedings an it was strong enough to make it into adulthood an you try to give it the propper enviroment that he/she should have been in since day 1 an they get sick from that!Now thats confusing!Well thats another intersting subject but I have ramled on enough Sorry!Thanks again,Eric[Hypoboa]
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