Clint our young 'Florida Blue' female is booked in to be euthanised tomorrow.
The depression around the spine and the broken ribs around the area appear to have taken their toll. These were evident when we got her over a year ago. She was doing great for ages eating well, active and a perfectly scatty example of her subspecies. As she grew so did the potential problems from the broken ribs.
They appear to have continued growth inwardly and now seem to be impeading her lungs and possibly other vital organs in the area of the injury. She has restricted muscle control and extreme dificulty breathing and stopped eating a month ago (losing 20g during this time). She's very lethargic.

Pics of the problem area -








We loved having her around. Lesson learned - do not take on snakes with broken ribs/noticeable depressions along the sides.