bad news

[Boots]

Sorry to hear about your loss... It is never easy when a pet dies.

Jason

[stonyloam]

Sorry to hear Rhea. I think there is a bad moon rising or something. Took Chloe for a walk today and I stepped on a stick and it flew right into her eye. $80 vet trip and she is OK but what are the odds??? I guess sometime things just go wrong with no explanation and you can't anything about it.

[drache]

I'm a bit over the shock now
but yesterday I was in bad shape
I ended out taking out every snake I've got
what started as this bleary-eyed "sniff, sniff, I got to make sure you guys are alright" sort of thing turned out to be a good way to calm myself down
I am no longer feeling guilty, because really - there wasn't any indication
just feeling sad about the loss is manageable
all the other snakes are fine
Drache had his first meal since last October on Wednesday and then another yesterday, and his lump has been shrinking
I do think he may be blind
Coffee, my runty Xenochrophis is having appetite issues again and if he doesn't take anything today, I will consider that a problem
will find out about Sammy Monday or Tuesday and I know I shouldn't do this but I have to assume she'll be fine
I want to be able to laugh about this and tell people my snake had cosmetic surgery to get her double chin removed
any other result is not acceptable

[snakeman]

Sorry to hear about the bluestripe.What was she taken to the vet for?

[drache]

Sorry to hear about the bluestripe.What was she taken to the vet for?

it was some skin blisters and they had pretty much cleared up
I was not even planning on taking her in again and I always take every animal I have the least question about

[snakeman]

Did they give her anything?Skin blisters clear up themselves .all you need is a dry tank.I don't trust vets as far as I can throw them.They do good with mammals but with reptiles most don't know squat.

[drache]

my vet is fantastic with snakes
we both agreed that medication was not needed
there was nothing greatly alarming about it
now I wonder whether it was a sign of a suppressed immune system because of something else going on that just wasn't apparent
there was just no indication of anything being wrong

[GarterGuy]

Sorry to hear about your bluestripe.....just as Drache seems to be turning the corner.
Roy

[Stefan-A]

Really sorry about your loss, Rhea.