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drache
07-17-2007, 12:41 PM
I picked up Sammy from the vet today
she does look a lot more slender
she still has stitches in and I'll have to bring her back to get those pulled
she's at the house we're moving to, back with her cage mates, Whizzy and Thing
she ended up swallowing a peach fuzzy which she really wasn't supposed to (she's on a diet)
my fault - I didn't want to take her back out of the tank and I hadn't thought it all through
anyway - she looks great
pics tomorrow
adamanteus
07-17-2007, 12:42 PM
Welcome home Sammy!
GarterGirl
07-17-2007, 04:53 PM
This is so exciting!

I haven't even seen her yet lol
GarterGuy
07-17-2007, 11:59 PM
Great to hear that Rhea, good to hear that she ate too....even if it was a bit on the big side.:D

Roy
Odie
07-18-2007, 12:46 AM
Yea Sammy. She will be telling the others that my scar is bigger then yours. LOL
drache
07-18-2007, 04:01 PM
here"s Sammy
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/846877187_6582031677_b.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1174/846877187_6582031677_b.jpg)

and her stitches
http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1423/846877453_7120634d66_b.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1423/846877453_7120634d66_b.jpg)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/846877435_d58ccc0921_b.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1123/846877435_d58ccc0921_b.jpg)

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/846877375_2c20c9291f_b.jpg (http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1111/846877375_2c20c9291f_b.jpg)
Josh
07-18-2007, 04:04 PM
ouch does she move diff. because of them?
Lulu Bennett
07-18-2007, 04:15 PM
awww poor thing.
Lee
07-18-2007, 04:16 PM
Good to see shes back, good luck and hope she has a speedy recovery!
drache
07-18-2007, 05:16 PM
ouch does she move diff. because of them?
no
but the sutures feel scratchy and they catch a little on some materials
Josh
07-18-2007, 05:21 PM
o i see.
Did she eat?
drache
07-18-2007, 05:23 PM
She looks much better!
She must feel better too!
GarterGuy
07-19-2007, 12:52 AM
Wow that's a big hole.....don't think I realized just how big it was. Glad to hear she's doing well though.

Roy
drache
07-19-2007, 06:29 AM
Yes Josh
she's very greedy, so she ate one of her cage-mate's peach fuzzy

Yes Roy
that was a gigantic lump, extending from her throat to her thyroid - well over 2" long
the vet says that he didn't get all of it, because he didn't want to go too close to the spine, but she looks very different from before the surgery
I am impressed with how neat the stitches look

a funny side note: when Mikhaila got stitches in her leg a few years ago, it was clear to me that we weren't going to bother going to a doctor to get them taken out - it's not that hard and I did it myself. This was fine with Mikhaila. Now both Mikhaila and I are squeamish about taking Sammy's out when the time comes. She more than I though. Given the fact that the vet is an hour away, I may end up doing it myself after talking with him.
Josh
07-19-2007, 10:24 AM
Dont do it unless you are super positive.
Because when i got mine taken out of my head the doctor set the date to early for my dad to take them out.
So it reopened?!?!?!?!
I say vet go to the vet so she/he can reexamine houw the stitches are doing:)
drache
07-19-2007, 06:58 PM
I don't mind so much going to the vet even though the getting there is a pain
I usually bring him several snakes to look at for check-ups and stuff
he's the only live in person human with whom I get to talk about my snakes
since I am expecting some new snakes in the next couple of weeks, I can bring some of them too
maybe he'll let me do it at his office
human skin is a bit more familiar to me in the medical sense
I wonder whether anyone's ever done acupuncture on reptiles