small rescue update

[bluegirl46290]

Well, the wee sulcata tortoise didn`t wake up this morning. He`s at my vet`s for a necropsy. I suspect he was severely dehydrated for several weeks living with his 2nd owners, combined with no vitamins probably killed his organs.
The really skinny & regurgitating corn snake took an adult naked mouse last night. Hopefully she keeps this one down and runs it through the pipes so we can get another fecal exam. After she ate I could see the outline of the rodent perfectly, that`s how skinny she is. If she barfs this one I`m going to try fuzzies.
Mr. Gimpy the beardie with MBD is positively raising hell, tearing around the herp room like a holy terror (when I turn him loose). He`s a fantastic eater and mostly calm when I handle him. He still seems to be in a constant state of shed. He likes warm baths and closes his eyes while in the tub.
The baby ball python with liquid under his skin is due for his first shed since he`s been in my care. I carefully extracted the fluid from all his lesions, it was clear and sticky with no smell. It hasn`t come back. After his return from escape he ate two pinkies for me, refused his meal last night but I`m not suprised as he has eyecaps. I`m hoping after his shed he`ll be like a new little man!
The hatchling leopard gecko has turned out to be a fantastic hunter/eater, he nails bugs with more accuracy than any of my adult leos. He`s quite fast and pretty and has gained 7 grams since he`s been here. He`s ready for adoption!
Lastly the adult leo with severe eye infection is not showing a lot of improvement. Originally my vet prescribed .1cc Baytril via muscular injection every 5 days. Well it came time for me to give her the second shot (first on my own) and I couldn`t talk either of the men who live here into holding her for me. So I took her back into the vet, and they became alarmed at her status. They decided to increase the Baytril to .1cc daily, orally (much simpler for me) and we drained and rinsed her head. Poor thing. They cut a little slice into her face and drained a ridiculous amount of pus out of her, then filled her back up with saline and shook it out again. They did all that service for free as follow-up, thankfully. Her eye, cheek, ear, and mouth are all swollen and darkened. She still won`t eat so has been getting the ol` baby food + vitamins in a dropper, which she will lap up. She still has a nice plump tail and is seen drinking water so I still have hope for her.
She bit my vet tech on the first visit, and actually broke a little skin. The wound puffed right up and filled with pus on her finger, pretty gross. Apparently leos have nasty mouth bacteria too. :P fr0glet

[axp103]

passed away quietly, and had excellent care in his last days. My condolences. difference? Just curious. <snip>
I`m glad the others are doing well! Good luck on the adult leo, It sounds like she`s got a good chance.

[wrojr33au]

store said not to feed it for however many days, absolutely not to feed it, and then try to feed it and if it regurgitates to not feed it and didn`t he tell me not to feed it? It was a baby and it died.
My older cornsnake (not a year old yet but not a baby) then regurgitated her meal. I waited x number of days and tried again (getting chewed out by the pet store person had some affect) and she regurgitated again. I took her to the vet. Vet says "need a fecal exam." Now, this is something that makes no sense to me, and I said so, if she`s not eating, she is *not* pooping. So the vet treated her for the most common type of parasite on the spot, no fecal exam. Several days later she ate her hopper and she`s been fine ever since.
What if that wasn`t what she had? What if the guess had turned out wrong? Well, she wouldn`t have been any worse off than if I`d tried and tried for a fecal sample that I couldn`t get. Ask your vet if there is a good reason not to simply try treatment for the most likely parasites if she doesn`t keep this mouse down.
Ah, I just noticed you said `another fecal exam` so she`s already had one? Maybe the vet knows what is wrong then? Well, good luck with it. I hope she gets well.

[bluegirl46290]

suggested that it could be one of any number of parasites that don`t always show up on every fecal. I will keep trying. I hope she gets well too, she`s a lovely amelanistic specimen and a proven breeder and a pet-quality snake. fr0glet

[Eyeless Blonde]

My skinny male corn is finally gaining weight with the `extra` mice I`ve been giving him. The others all eat about 2 small mice a week.

[bluegirl46290]

I had fluid extracted from several of the lumps and examined, they are all filled with fat. He has fatty cellulose tissue all along the bottom of his tail, as well as all the lumps. He`s apparently fat and lazy!
My vet suggested more snake exercise and a slightly restricted diet. corns and another milksnake, all of the corns look skinny in my book. They`re pretty ones, like yours. A snow, an anery (no yellow I think), and a "double het" who looks normal. She`s the mother of the anery. fr0glet

[Eyeless Blonde]

started developing some fatty tissue, so I slowed him down from 1 rat a week to 2 small mice a week-and giving him time to roam about the den (supervised, of course) helps
Sounds like some pretty corns! I`m glad mine is fattening up-I was so worried about him, but he doesn`t have worms or anything-just was not taken care of by his previous owner.
I`m going down to vancouver sometime soon to look at a pair of rough green snakes someone is selling. Been doing my studying on them, and they seem like a nice, small snake.

[bluegirl46290]

Vancouver with by brother and attending the Portland Pet and Companion Expo Fair 12-13th, any chance you`ll be going down for that? *Hopefully* (not confirmed yet) we`ll be having a PNHS booth (and representin`!) but I`m going to the show even if PNHS can`t make it. fr0glet

[Eyeless Blonde]

The Rough Green snakes seem like they may be easy to care for - everything I have read so far says they are largely insectivorous, so that means I can feed them the same as my leopard gecko. My little leo eats tons of mealworms & crickets a week

[nextbillgates]

things. These were fairly good eaters (despite having crypto) and were kept in a plastic shoe box in a rack system. They had a damp paper towel substrate, a water dish and a hide. They got 2 wk crickets three times a week. They were very easy to care for and I think they would have made excellent adult snakes if they hadn`t all died (from the crypto, not the husbandry). I don`t know if they would have ever really tamed down though. They were fairly skittish. But they were beautiful to look at.
-Z