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[kibakiba]

It's all healed up, Richard I had the flu also and I have an extremely weak immune system, so I get sick easily and I get pretty bad. But the bite is 100% healed I just have a little bit of a scar. I've had 2 of these before, this one was just the worst. I haven't had the fever for 2 days and I feel good, last night I was too hyper to sleep, without having any sugar or caffeine. That's really rare for me... Especially after being sick. Oh, And I didn't have hallucinations from that high of a fever. My body is probably used to trippy states as I've had to take hallucination causing Adderall.

Also, The snakes no longer mind the box for eating. Mama ate a large night crawler from a little bowl and so did Snakey, but he grabbed a larger one and it ended up crawling out of his mouth He didn't seem to want to eat after that. He coiled up in the hide I put in there. Poor little guy. First, Mama drags him around the tank, now his food crawls right out of his mouth!

[ConcinusMan]

Jeez, you had me worried. Are you sure it was just flu? seems an odd coincidence. the bite, and then...

But anyway, 104.7 was the highest fever I've ever had. It happened from onset to hospital in less than 24 hours and I was hallucinating.(brain was cooking) I was considering waiting a day being how it had only been one day of fever but the Dr. told me if I had waited, I could have died before morning. It was a simple spider bite like you described. The venom wasn't dangerous and it took about 4 days for the fever to start. Once the fever set in, I went to the hospital about 24 hours later and nearly died! The infection in the blood causes heart valves to swell shut.. 'nuff said.

Thing is, I had just gotten over a severe 15 day cold. Or so I thought. Then the bite, and infection...

Damn spiders. Been bitten before and after that incident. Friggen staph infection followed every time. At the very least, if I go right away, they have to cut that sucker open and let it drain, followed by huge shot of antibiotics in my as.. I was saying.

[kibakiba]

I've gotten the flu many, many times. Probably more than you have in your lifetime and I'm 22 :P I'm fine now, I feel good. Probably a little too hyper for my own well being. I wouldn't want to go to the hospital anyways. I hate hospitals and I'd have a panic attack. I was crying when I had an ultrasound to check my stomach for problems. It's seriously scary for me. Besides, the bites on an awkward place and I wouldn't even show my boyfriend where it was. Not a good excuse but to me that's good enough as long as I'm feeling fine. Hell, I have a lot coming up, therapist, psychiatrist and school. Stress alone makes me sick. Which is why I'm awake... I see the T and P tomorrow... Funnn... Lol.

[ConcinusMan]

I don't know about that. Had flu two or three times a year up until about 17 years old. Really bad flu. Really high fever. After 17 (I'm 40 now) only had it twice and it was mild. Weird huh? No flu as an adult, even when other adults in the house were bad sick with it. Glad you're feeling better.

I know all about stress, I have strong benzodiazapines on hand for that. I have full out panic attacks occasionally. Seriously. I have bad episodes sometimes, requiring DRUGS!

I have to leave for work shortly. got off work at 11:30 last night. Didn't bother sleeping. Here I go again...

[kibakiba]

I know the panic feeling. I have adhd and I'm trying to find a perfect med for it for while I'm in school.

On a more scaly note... I just realized how closely my adult snakes are like my boyfriend and I Snakey is all over the place, hyper, crazy and strange... Like my boyfriend. And Mama is calm, chubby, cuddly and weird sometimes... Like me, Haha it's funny how much they're like us. Snakey's had to deal with his "dad" a whole year though... Mama doesn't know just how crazy it gets. Only I do. Hah.

[kibakiba]

Here's some pictures of Mama... I don't know if you can see it in these pictures but her belly is growing These were taken on Sept. 20, oddly enough, her belly is even bigger now(without food in it)







Enjoy!

[ConcinusMan]

Might want to consider the possibility that she is gravid. Too early to say but could be?

[guidofatherof5]

Nice looking snake, Mama is.
Yes, I enjoyed.

[kibakiba]

Well I did mark off the day I caught her mating with Snakey and if she is she'd probably be due around November.

[ConcinusMan]

Like I've said before, the number of days since mating means nothing with this species. She could have become gravid right away, or they can wait until a year or so after the last mating. Still, there's a pretty good chance she is, I would say.