Marnie's Snakes

[angrygamer]

"...So the vet tech said "I think you're turning blue...do you need a break?" to Cee Cee and put her down.

Seriously? grr...

[chris-uk]

I think I would have suggested that I hold, she demonstrates the injection. I can't imagine our vet, or the veterinary nurses holding a snake that tight.
I'm still waiting for the "bite badge of honour", I've even started feeding Lacrimosa occassionally by hand rather than tongs, when she's on form she can launch herself almost a foot to take her food. Seriously though, when I've been giving her leftovers from the others and I've forgotten the tongs once or twice I've got her to take a pinky and a piece of trout from my hand, she can be gentle as well and I think I can see what sort of mood she's in. If she's in hunting mode my fingers aren't going to be touching the food she's about to eat.

[EasternGirl]

Well...if she had continued on like that, I would have made her give Cee Cee to me. But after I pointed out that she looked like she was hurting her, she put her down on the table and didn't hold her neck so tightly anymore. I think she misunderstood and thought that I was saying that Cee Cee was going to bite being held by her, when I meant that she might bite when we injected her. Anyway...the other vet tech that I worked with the other day and the vet did not hold Cee Cee like that at all...they just picked her up like I would and let her slither around. I will certainly make sure that if I have to have that tech again that I make sure she understands that Cee Cee is not going to bite her and that she does not have to be restrained...if it's still a problem, I'll request another tech. I just gave my girl a worm treat for her ordeal today. Seeley decided he would take some worms from the hemostats too! Now I have to give Cee Cee another injection in 3 days...every three days for a total of 10 injections. My mother is going to attempt holding her for me. I will look at the name of the medicine and post it for you guys in a bit. Have to go watch the X Games with my son...

[PINJOHN]

I don't know how much of that is from the placebo effect. For instance, I took melatonin to help with sleep once, and I got the best night of sleep that I had in years. Melatonin is known to be a mild hypnotic, among other things. It worked the first and second times I took it, and then it quit working. I kept taking it for another month and it didn't have any effect. At all.

I take melatonin on a regular basis and i think you may have misunderstood its function, melatonin is a natural hormone produced by us all and helps set the rhythm of your sleep, science has learned how to produce it synthetically with the purpose of fighting the effects of jet lag, it's not a sleeping tablet and does not put you to sleep, instead its intention is to reset your sleep pattern when you are already sleeping, with my job i keep unusual hours but still need to lead a family life as far as possible hence my use of this substance, not as easy for me as i would like as it is only available in the UK on prescription not over the counter like in the states but i can usually get relatives to bring me some back from their vacation the best thing about it is there is no side effects ...have to sign off now as i have a doctors appointment, i need to speak to him about this extra head growing under my arm...

[EasternGirl]

I kind of said that...lol...okay not really...but that is absolutely correct, John....I just said that it is not homeopathic and a chemical produced by our body or something to that effect...your description of it was much more accurate. I have used it for a couple of years now and so has my son. I take it because sleeping pills make me too groggy the next day and they are addictive, etc. I had no idea you could only get it by prescription over there...that's a shame...guess I wouldn't be allowed to ship it to you then, huh?

[PINJOHN]

I kind of said that...lol...okay not really...but that is absolutely correct, John....I just said that it is not homeopathic and a chemical produced by our body or something to that effect...your description of it was much more accurate. I have used it for a couple of years now and so has my son. I take it because sleeping pills make me too groggy the next day and they are addictive, etc. I had no idea you could only get it by prescription over there...that's a shame...guess I wouldn't be allowed to ship it to you then, huh?

thanks for that offer Marnie i think its ok to get it through the post but i have a plentiful supply at the moment enough to last till i find my self back in your fantastic country next year ...what may interest you ladies is the claims made about regular use of melatonin i don't know how much is just hype but its claimed to keep you youthful,to give you healthy skin/ hair,in fact the only thing it doesn't do is make your breakfast

[EasternGirl]

I've heard there are also some anti-cancer benefits...but I don't know how true that is. I do look rather young for my age...

[angrygamer]

I take melatonin on a regular basis and i think you may have misunderstood its function, melatonin is a natural hormone produced by us all and helps set the rhythm of your sleep, science has learned how to produce it synthetically with the purpose of fighting the effects of jet lag, it's not a sleeping tablet and does not put you to sleep, instead its intention is to reset your sleep pattern when you are already sleeping, with my job i keep unusual hours but still need to lead a family life as far as possible hence my use of this substance, not as easy for me as i would like as it is only available in the UK on prescription not over the counter like in the states but i can usually get relatives to bring me some back from their vacation the best thing about it is there is no side effects ...have to sign off now as i have a doctors appointment, i need to speak to him about this extra head growing under my arm...

I may have, my dad takes it on a regular basis so I hear about it. It's what he recommends every time I complain about a sleep problem.

WebMD does list it for jet lag as well as insomnia.

And I will say this: it did affect my sleep somehow, like I said, I got the best sleep that I've had in years. To more accurately describe it, the sleep was much deeper than ever and the quality was great. I don't know if that's what the intended effect was.

As I previously said as well, my experience with many homeopathic/herbal remedies is that they work well the first or second time I use them and then they quit working.

This discussion has inspired me to try it again.

"We now return to our regularly scheduled thread."

[EasternGirl]

All the snakies were fed last night. Cee Cee had some salmon and a pinky. She was doing that weird thing she does again in which she acts as if she can not see at all. She was searching the back wall of her tank for the food and actually trying to bite the glass wall on the back of the tank. I had to keep reaching in the tank and bopping her on the nose with the food so she would know it was there and take it from me. The odd thing is...other times, she seems to see just fine. I can't figure out what is going on...is she just crazy? Or does she have some kind of sight problem that comes and goes? Very, very odd. Anyway...she is going to get a little bath today...she still smells horrible from her musking frenzy yesterday.

Seeley ate some salmon last night and I think Hermes ate a little bit of salmon and pinky...but I'm not certain about that. I really think Hermes should have shed again by now. I've had him for two months and he shed once...about 3 weeks after I got him, I believe.

[EasternGirl]

Cee Cee and Seeley are very goofy. I put them in together and put one of those jungle vines in Cee Cee's enclosure. I thought they might like climbing on it...but of course, instead, they have been hiding in the corner all night glaring at it like an alien invaded their home. I got a cute pic of them hiding out in the fake log together...

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