Ribbon snake rescues

[Zephyr]

You can also use one lamp for two tanks side-by-side. :P

[Loren]

Thats actually what I do. You can get quite a bit of use out of 40 watts if its right up against 2 tanks.

[Lori P]

Great ideas guys. :-) The 1/2 paralyzed one actually did crawl partially up the branch under the lamp and soaked up some heat yesterday. :-) They are moving around the tank well. I will get some more pics of the back end of the paralyzed one (I need to name these guys soon to make it easier to talk about them!!) as I can see more clearly that it is slightly shrivelled.

OH-- also-- here's what my vet told me for the scale rot:

Wash them down with betadine (or a VERY dilute iodine mix); dry them; rinse them with hydrogen peroxide; then apply the silver sulfadiazine cream. He said they may need inj. antibiotics given the extent of it, but I'll try this first. I haven't done it yet, will do it all tonite... wanted them to rest well after eating yesterday.

Will keep you posted!!! THANK YOU ALL!!!

[GartersRock]

Glad to hear they are doing well!

[Lori P]

I offered the ribbons their second meal today: sliced pinkies in with the live minnows. OMG-- they ate everything and then some!! I started with one pinky sliced up in the bowl, thinking that would be too much: I ended up slicing up three more!! Finally, I grabbed my camera to take a video-- so the quality isn't great, but at least you can see them downing anything their mouth ends up on...

Also, watch their interaction with each other... the one is much more aggressive over the food bowl, chasing the other off. The other one comes back and eats his fill, but it was interesting to watch them. The more aggressive one at one point bites at the bowl-- someone else posted a video of a snake doing that, I can't remember who.

Anyway, here are the piggies... I think they'll be fine!!!

YouTube - Rescued ribbons eating

[dashnu]

They look good to me. The only thing missing in that video was some good narration

Great job with them Lori!

[infernalis]

Very nice!! Lori you'r the best!!!

[jitami]

Thanks for posting that video Lori! I would have been a nervous wreck worried that one would take a bite out of the other. There were several times where I would have panicked and removed one of them or the food. It's nice to see that the behavior in the video is normal. Interesting stuff.

[Aundrea]

Great video Lori!!!! I enjoyed watching them eat. Boy they sure are fast at grabing them fish. It was kinda funny to see them chasing the other off when one got near the bowl. They sure do look very happy in their new home

[GartersRock]

YAYYY!! Awesome news!!
I feed my three puget sound girls in a group... They usually do fine but yesterday they where so excited over the extra smelly perch guts and whatnot that Rachel grabbed Silvie's head and I had to "pull" (push really, with the way their teeth work) her off. I FREAKED. She's fine. But I am not. lol!