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guidofatherof5
09-20-2010, 12:06 PM
A year ago Spring I found this male T.radixes while Herping in Nebraska. He has a severe spinal injury. I decided to take him home for some Ranch TLC. Even with this displaced spine he still has control of his bowels and is able to shed on his own.
The last month or so I've been seeing some changes take place with him. He's been eating a lot less and has been off food for the last 3 weeks.
Today I checked in on him. He really is looking bad. Not the full robust male he was. I offered him a piece of trout and to my surprise he took it and a second larger piece.
I hope this is a sign that he's not ready to give up the fight.
TOUGH AS NAILS THEY ARE.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/spinal.jpg
gregmonsta
09-20-2010, 12:20 PM
Rooting for him. That's quite the squish!
kibakiba
09-20-2010, 02:30 PM
Poor guy! I hope he's okay, he's a beautiful radix! (well, they're all beautiful, but..)
ConcinusMan
09-22-2010, 03:38 PM
Nice color. I like the red flecks.
drache
09-22-2010, 03:43 PM
that's quite a kink
has he been losing weight?
guidofatherof5
09-22-2010, 03:55 PM
that's quite a kink
has he been losing weight?


Yes but he ate the other day for the first time in about a month. I don't think it's a seasonal change off food situation. I'm concerned for the little male.
guidofatherof5
09-22-2010, 08:20 PM
I got him to take a night crawler tonight.
I hope he's back to eating on a regular basis now. He's really lost some weight.
mustang
09-23-2010, 07:05 PM
hope he pulls through
Mommy2many
09-27-2010, 06:17 PM
How's he doing, Steve?
guidofatherof5
09-27-2010, 07:25 PM
Took a night crawler today. Yessss.
guidofatherof5
09-29-2010, 06:41 PM
Slammed down another big crawler tonight.
Doesn't look as skinny as a week ago.
Things are looking better for the young man.
kibakiba
09-29-2010, 06:47 PM
That's great news! Hopefully it'll continue to go good for the little guy :)
Mommy2many
09-30-2010, 04:32 PM
Yeah! Great news.
mustang
10-13-2010, 02:56 PM
great glad hes gettn better
ae88weaver
10-13-2010, 02:58 PM
Congratulations!! It's always exciting when one of the kids makes an improvement:)
guidofatherof5
10-14-2010, 07:24 AM
I had to assist him with the shed on his tail this morning. He's eating on a regular basis, now.
I'm still very concerned about the weight loss. I would say he's lost half his body weight.
He seems alert and normal in all other ways.
He's a nice looking male with some red color.
guidofatherof5
10-18-2010, 05:05 PM
He ate a couple more night crawlers today.
He was very aggressive going after the food, which is a good sign.
He continues to improve and I think he may be on the road to recovery.
kibakiba
10-18-2010, 06:01 PM
That's great Steve! I'm rooting for the little guy.
guidofatherof5
08-05-2011, 07:34 PM
Thought I would close this thread out.
This little male lost his battle a month ago.
He seemed to be doing well then went down hill very suddenly.
ConcinusMan
08-05-2011, 07:41 PM
Sorry to hear that.:(
kibakiba
08-05-2011, 07:41 PM
Awww. I'm sorry to hear that Steve.
guidofatherof5
08-05-2011, 07:46 PM
For the time I had him it was interesting to see how he dealt with his disability.
I think the spinal cord finally died as he lost a lot of size and weight from the injured section.
It reached a point I had to euthanize him.
It was the only thing I could do for him. I didn't want him to suffer.
d_virginiana
08-05-2011, 07:55 PM
Sorry to hear about that. Looking at the picture on the first page, it's really amazing that he was able to live as long and as well as he did with that sort of injury.
RedSidedSPR
08-05-2011, 07:57 PM
That sucks, sorry to hear it...:(
katach
08-05-2011, 10:16 PM
Sorry to hear that Steve.
Mrs N1ntndo
08-05-2011, 11:48 PM
Im sorry Steve that sucks.
snakehill
08-06-2011, 09:29 AM
So Sorry!:(