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Mouse
Yearling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 01/07/2010 : 08:36:55
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Good to know she'll be ok!
And you can tell US what country you're from, as we very much approve! XD |
 
1.0.0 - Gobo - Snow Corn (RIP)
0.1.0 - Sprockett - Normal/hypo/het snow Corn
2.0.0 Anery Hatchlings
0.1.0 Amel Hatchling
0.1.0 Normal Hatchling
*Location - Southampton, UK*
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hillzi
The Lost boy.
United Kingdom
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Posted - 01/07/2010 : 12:06:48
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Good one you mate,
I'd say, Canada?
They don't allow keeping of colubrids as they could escape and start colonies in the wild for example.
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Posted - 02/07/2010 : 10:47:13
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I had to find a vet that was happy to look at her. The first vet wouldn't see her because she is an illegal snake. i thought that vets first priority would be to care for sick animals not police their existence. There are pretty big fines where I live to keep these snakes. Up to $10 000. :-O The vet said that if she found out I was breeding them she would dob me in herself!!
My girlfriend is actually a nurse so she was more than happy to inject her. It was hard for her to do the first one. The skin is tough!!! we need to hold her while we inject her in case she strikes but even after injecting she wasn't angry. She is very human friendly!!
Monte was really cold too. 18 degrees celcius. Poor thing. So I have upped the temperature and moved their hides to the warm end of the tank. Where should I post pics of their tank. I want to show off my handywork!!!
The vet wasn't 100% sure what caused it. She didn't think that it was the large mouse. She said tha infection was possibly there already and it was triggered by eating. She didn't think it was caused by a scratch from the mouse claw or teeth. I think the word she used was an odema (sic).
I'm in a southern hemisphere country, thats all I will say. Even though these snakes are illegal after I inherited them it turns out that quite a few people i know know of someone who have them!!!
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 06/07/2010 : 06:29:03
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I think I have worked out which country you are from OPP, although I wont say as you are understandably wary about publicising where you are. Am I right in saying that you are only allowed to keep snakes that are native to your country but bred in captivity as pets? And as corns are not native therefore they are illegal?
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Posted - 08/07/2010 : 08:17:45
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Kellog- You are probably right with your guess!!
3 injections later and she is doing fantastic!!! Back to normal. She doesn't like getting needles though!!! |
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Kellog
the nice one
United Kingdom
7308 Posts |
Posted - 09/07/2010 : 13:06:55
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So glad she is doing so well....and congratulations to you and your OH for continuing to give her the injections and to care so much as to fight for her, so many owners would have just given up and not cared.
I am really glad that she has you for an owner  (even if you arent supposed to own her  !).
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BethR
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/05/2011 : 18:03:41
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My corn snake has exactly the same problem! The photo is identical! It has happened a couple of times and then gone down, just come up AGAIN but when i touched it gently to see if it was hard or soft or anything, it went down again.. Did the antibiotics work? Should I take her to a vet? I ask because she isn't insured, and I'm not sure I want to have to pay for a consult and medication when it doesn't seem to be causing her any problems, and it goes away regularly! It does also coincide with going into shed, could it be fluid collection/retention? I've read about this happening before a shed..
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
4335 Posts |
Posted - 19/05/2011 : 18:22:32
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quote:
Originally posted by BethR
My corn snake has exactly the same problem! The photo is identical! It has happened a couple of times and then gone down, just come up AGAIN but when i touched it gently to see if it was hard or soft or anything, it went down again.. Did the antibiotics work? Should I take her to a vet? I ask because she isn't insured, and I'm not sure I want to have to pay for a consult and medication when it doesn't seem to be causing her any problems, and it goes away regularly! It does also coincide with going into shed, could it be fluid collection/retention? I've read about this happening before a shed..
Thanks in advance!
unfortunately that is one of the joys of being responsible for an animals health and wellbeing.  |
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BethR
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 20/05/2011 : 20:08:19
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I work voluntarily in a vet practice for coming up to 5 years and want to be a vet, so of course I understand how important it is to take her to a vet and nip this in the bud as soon as possible, however being an unemployed 17 year old in full time education it wouldn't be ideal to take her to a vets when I've heard of a harmless condition that occurs in corns during the shedding period..
Just wanting to find out what other people's experiences have been before I make any hasty decisions, like using money I don't have on getting her checked for no reason so I can't look after her and my newly hatched baby snakes as well as I have been doing, as well as being in the middle of A level exams..! If anyone has any ideas about her condition, and not pointing out what I know seems like a careless ownership (and badly phrased question, sorry) please let me know! |
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eeji
The Morph Master
United Kingdom
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Swollen throat after feeding. Normal?
