Never hurts to ask for help.

[stephanbakir]

Today Askim missed the rat and struck the enclosure wall, he warped his face pretty bad and we were close to taking him to the vet...
I decided to post the photos of his injury on a retic chatroom on facebook to get a quick secondary opinion and one of our members (Kimberly) noticed fine little teeth poking through his upper lip..

Long story short, I saved myself a 200$+ vet bill + over an hours travel time, his face looks amazing now compared to before, just minor swelling. (I pulled his lip down and out to remove it from the retics long teeth.
Thanks Kim :)
(I owe you some chocolates)

[stephanbakir]

The bite itself was swelling allot (as you can see in the first photo) prior to pulling down the jaw that he was cross eyed and one of his eyes was swelling out of his head a little.
Hes doing great now.

[alessia55]

So glad to hear he's doing well... and glad you saved yourself the money and the trip to the vet. I hope he recovers quickly and with as little pain as possible!

[redsided]

Must have been a hell of a strike!:eek:

[Gungirl]

Glad to read that he is doing better now!

[SkYyaMe1623]

So you had to restrain him by the neck to get the teeth out? Does he hate you now? Did he end up eating?

[youngster]

Wow Stephan your retics are so pretty :)

[stephanbakir]

So you had to restrain him by the neck to get the teeth out? Does he hate you now? Did he end up eating?
Oddly enough, hes normally a hellhound... When he was injured I expected him to be satan but he never once atempted to strike, and didn't even hiss.

[stephanbakir]

Wow Stephan your retics are so pretty :)
Thanks :) If I end up moving to the states like I hope to (next spring) you can come see my stuff :)

[youngster]

Thanks :) If I end up moving to the states like I hope to (next spring) you can come see my stuff :)

That would be sooo sick. Where do you think you're gonna move? I've never seen a retic before, only burms and an anaconda.

[stephanbakir]

Oklahoma, got a really good offer from a friend... We are still working it out though.

[Kayla90]

Awe poor guy, I feel so bad for him :(

[Gungirl]

Awe poor guy, I feel so bad for him :(

The snake or the person Stephen might be moving in with?:confused:

[stephanbakir]

Keep in mind Kat... when I move down I'll be hugging you on the way over :P

[Gungirl]

.......lmao!

[Kayla90]

Bahaha um... both?? but the snake most of all cause his poor little face looks so painful :(

[millertime89]

if you move to Oklahoma, I might have to drive down and check out your collection on my way to Texas one of these times. Glad you were able to help him (with the help of Kimberly) get his lip unstuck, maybe he'll be a little less feisty around you now that he knows you're there to help and care for him.

[stephanbakir]

I forsee him trying to eat my face in the future, hes huffin a bit now that the swellings down.

[millertime89]

ha ha, back to normal then.