Mold on my snake...?

[kibakiba]

I had my mom put her down because I couldn't bear seeing her in pain, but when she came back she said that the snake took off when she set her on the ground. She didnt bother going after her because she believes that it should die on its own time. I hope she's going to die happy being out in the sunshine, rather than a box in my room. Maybe she'll be fine and next year I'll see her again. Probably a slim chance, but I can wish.

[guidofatherof5]

Back to nature. Probably a good end.
Thank you for looking after her and being concerned.

[ConcinusMan]

Sorry to hear that. You did put forth a good effort and that is commendable. Sometimes there's nothing you can do about unseen internal injuries. Iodine wouldn't helped in that case. Thanks for trying.

[kibakiba]

It's me who should be thanking you guys. You gave me information and knowledge on what to do in this sort of situation. I would have left her in the tank with my other snakes and hoped for the best, which might have ended up harming them too. Thanks for all your help and concern

[Spankenstyne]

You put forth a very commendable effort, you did everything you could.
Often with reptiles by the time they're showing signs of sickness or injury it can be too late, it's part of the way they're built and helps increase their odds of survival. Doesn't help us feel any better about it when we try to help though

Thank you for trying, and thanks for sharing the story and letting us try to help out.

[guidofatherof5]

You put forth a very commendable effort, you did everything you could.
Often with reptiles by the time they're showing signs of sickness or injury it can be too late, it's part of the way they're built and helps increase their odds of survival. Doesn't help us feel any better about it when we try to help though

Thank you for trying, and thanks for sharing the story and letting us try to help out.

I second your thoughts. You worded it very well.

[The Snake Whisperer]

Perhaps in the wild, your snake will know of a way to heal herself and end up living a good long life. We humans have barely begun to scratch the surface of understanding animals, their intelligence, and their capabilities because to begin to understand and see these requires us to learn to look at things from the animal's perspective, not the human perspective. Animals do have mysterious ways of healing themselves and recovering from problems which we humans would assume they wouldn't survive. One example is a huge buck deer that a relative of mine had shot and was skinning and butchering, that deer had obviously suffered a broken leg twice, one foreleg and one hindleg, you could see the changes in the bones from these obviously old, completely healed fractures. Until I saw that buck, I wouldn't have thought a deer could possibly survive a broken leg in the wild in the Wisconsin Northwoods where there are plenty of large predators present.

[kibakiba]

This was quite a while ago. By now the snake is either long gone or still wandering around. I know the sun could have helped it quite a lot when I let it go. Who knows. Maybe next year when I'm wandering in the field I'll find her again She was pretty old and raggedy looking, though.

[guidofatherof5]

This was quite a while ago. By now the snake is either long gone or still wandering around. I know the sun could have helped it quite a lot when I let it go. Who knows. Maybe next year when I'm wandering in the field I'll find her again She was pretty old and raggedy looking, though.

They are tough as nails.

[kibakiba]

Oh, I know! Snakey put up with 3 weeks of me trying to feed him bugs. Now look at him, he's a nice fat pinky eating machine :P