Big snake need big attention

[dlucka]

I just got that nice beauty on saturday, her enclosure was too small...
You can see on the first pic, her nose got no more scale, for long... how long?
And why? Respiratory infection, yes, so she scrub her nose around from been
uncomfortable with it. You can see too that she got damaged scale (she has this all way down her body) on the side because she had no place to stretch as been keep in a 4x2 feet enclosure for a 12 feet snake. And yes giant snake need a lot of food... so don't stop feed it because it get too big too fast!!!

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/995DSC00718-med.JPG

Now she got a new home and enclosure, 8x4x4 feet with a water boll of 3x3 feet and a round front.
http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/995DSC00715.JPG

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/995DSC00793-med.JPG

I know that have been talked a lot around but for new people that want giant snake think a head of the size it will get in 1 or 2 year from the cute little snake you bought at the store...

[Weather1]

Good for you. Keep us posted on his progress. He will be happy now

[T.O-SK8TER]

Thought I might share my burm enclosure aswell, oh yea yours looks great wish I put a water pond in mine! Mine is the same demensions except not as tall, its a little over 2 feet tall from the ground its almost 6 feet from the ground.

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http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2003-9/241347/Dscn1068.jpg

Thanks Adam!

[Linds]

Yikes. Poor girl. Good luck with her :(

[dlucka]

Thanks

I'm waiting for the lab result to know witch kind of bacteria she got, then
i'll know what to give her to get rid of this. For now i have to clean the nose and
nose drop 2 times a day till i get the result.

T-O your enclosure is very nice, that is the next step for me, put a few plant in.
I use 4 feet high just to be able to get in for maintenance.

[ohh_kristina]

horrible. she's still beautiful, though. Good luck with her!

[T.O-SK8TER]

Yea if mine was on the ground I would have made it the same hight as yours, but then it would have been harder to heat!

[Amiechann]

She's lucky to have you to take care of her now!

[burmer]

Glad to see she is in good hands now. Good luck with her.

[TheRedDragon]

Good for you for taking proper care of that snake, that poor thing looked like it was in rough shape before it got into your hands, she's still beautiful nonetheless. Great looking enclosure and setup too. :)

[Sunrunner]

hope all goes well with the new addition :) was that just a albino or a patternless? hope to see her fat and happy soon :)

[dlucka]

She's a pattern less albinos het for green, and just ate her first close to 7 pound rabbit for me.

[Sunrunner]

Very well done :) unfortunatly most of these reptile rescues do not do well. So congrats to you :)

[dlucka]

It might sound like a rescue but i did pay a good price for it and did a 16 hour of drive to get it. I'm kind of use to those situation i have a other one that
was a wc (different species) it was take out of nature too old and was stock at the
trance shipper going in and out to pet shop they almost give me that snake
you can't imagine all the work i done with it and get close to the sharp end, but this is a other story. I should put his story in a "Should i get a wc or a cb"
topic. For me it's all choose but some time when you get those rare snake
offer to you and they are in so bad shape.

[chas*e]

got her just in time i guess...hope it works out fine....

[snakegal12345]

nice snakes and enclosure

[Oliverian]

It's great that you've decided to heal this girl up. We need more people like you in the hobby.

Just a question, though. Do you think that sort of substrate you have her on will be best for recovery? I would think that a plain enclosure with paper towels or similar would be the best thing to have her on, as it would be more sanitary. I mean no offence, as you probably know what you're doing better than I do. I'm thinking it might make the nose injury take longer to heal. Do you agree? I just want to see this girl turn around and recover nicely.

Good job. Glad you have her in your care now.
-Tammy R

[dlucka]

Oliverian, you are right if it was still wet and dirt stick on it, but it's dry and i treat it to stay dry and clean it 2 time every day so she'll get a better change to recovery her nice nose. The only thing that bug me is the next shed if it happen before a complete recovery.

[Oliverian]

Alright. Good luck with her.
-Tammy R

[NewLineReptile]

Good luck man she is still a awesome snake.

Brandon

[dlucka]

Thank you all,

Here a pic of her after 1 week of treatment, cleaning the nose every day, drop in the nose, 2 injection and one shed. It's almost gone!!! There is no sign of the RI now but still 2 injection to go. Just to had, it take 4 person
to give that dog tame snake a injection...

http://www.ssnakess.com/photopost/data/507/995DSC00806-med.jpeg

[eyespy]

I'm so happy to see how well she is doing under your care. Keep up the good work with this lovely girl and please do continue to update us on her condition with many, many pictures. :D