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Offline Rolandslf

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Rescued Boa
« on: August 31, 2011, 07:41:37 AM »
About a month ago I get a phone call. It goes like this. "Is this Roland', "The snake guy", 'I have got a Boa here thats sick, do you want it".  :huh:  I begin to ask what is wrong with the snake, I can't take a chance with it possibly infecting my snakes. He says' "Come and fetch it or it goes in the Deep Freezer". Cut a long story short, 45 minutes later I pick up a Boa of about 5 foot with a severe RI, who does not look too good, and seems dehydrated as well.   :sign7:




I immediately put him on high heat, up the humidity a bit and nebulise him every day for 30 - 40 minutes.   :sign161:





Three weeks later he eats a small Rat and sheds in one lovely unbroken piece.   :thumbsup:




A couple of days later, Glorious Weather, I put him on the lawn.   :happy64:


I just need to add that the option of taking him to a vet was always present, but I was confident to treat him myself.
Mission Accomplished, Full Recovery.   :award:

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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2011, 09:48:31 AM »
Good job! And his immune system hasn't been weakened by the meds the vets would have given him. Congrats! Do you have any idea what kind of enclosure they were keeping him it? was it something with a screen top?
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #2 on: August 31, 2011, 09:50:59 PM »
Good job nurse him back to health. He looks really health now.
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #3 on: September 02, 2011, 03:47:12 AM »
The enclosure was a wooden one with sliding glass doors, it did not have any lighting or heating, and we went through a two week period where the temp did not get above 66.
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #4 on: September 02, 2011, 08:37:31 AM »
Doesn't need any lighting at all... light is of no benefit to boas, it just stresses them out and makes the healing process take longer. The lack of heat explains the RI though, and the wood explains the dehydration.
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #5 on: September 03, 2011, 11:57:34 AM »
He Is Looking Good Now Bro.
Congrats On A Job Well Done. . .
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #6 on: September 28, 2011, 02:55:17 AM »
Just a quick update.
He is fully recovered and ate a Jumbo Rat this past weekend.
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #7 on: September 28, 2011, 01:14:52 PM »
Quote from: Rolandslf on September 28, 2011, 02:55:17 AM
Just a quick update.
He is fully recovered and ate a Jumbo Rat this past weekend.

Sweet! good to hear he doing good for you.
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #8 on: September 28, 2011, 05:04:55 PM »
Good job man i would have been at a lost of words if that happend to any of my babys
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Re: Rescued Boa
« Reply #9 on: September 30, 2011, 08:45:16 PM »
Hey great work on getting that boa back to a healthy condition..
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