|
|  |
| Notices |
Welcome to the sSnakeSs community. You are currently viewing our boards as a guest which gives you limited access to view most discussions and access our other features. By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, communicate privately with other members (PM), respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features. Registration is fast, simple and absolutely free so please, join our community today! If you have any problems with the registration process or your account login, please contact contact us.
|
07-04-04, 04:40 PM
|
#1
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Mississauga (905)
Age: 36
Posts: 350
|
Tragic loss
I went into my room just a few minutes ago to mist my atb and when i looked into it's enclosure it was just hanging there lifeless. They other day it was active and perfectly fine...iono what could have caused this.  I had the humidity and temps right. I'd have a necropsy done, but i don't have the money to have one done and don't know of any vets that deal with herps in my area. He was with me for only 2 short months. R.I.P Carnage.  I'll miss ya buddy.
__________________
..Soo...this is life...wasn't what i expected but who am I to complain?
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 04:43 PM
|
#2
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jun-2004
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Age: 41
Posts: 72
|
Sorry to hear about your loss.
__________________
--Stephan.
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 05:25 PM
|
#3
|
|
Former Moderator no longer active
Join Date: Feb-2002
Location: Christchurch
Posts: 10,251
Country: 
|
My condolences Sometimes animals are just born with abnormalities in their organs we cannot detect and then one day they are gone without warning
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 05:53 PM
|
#4
|
|
Member
Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: Dawson Creek B.C.
Age: 43
Posts: 972
|
Sorry for your loss.
__________________
1.1 crested gecko ( cresty and sticky!)
0.0.1 crested baby
0.0.1 Mali Uro (Spike)
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 06:47 PM
|
#5
|
|
Member
Join Date: May-2003
Location: Vancouver Island
Age: 40
Posts: 1,793
Country: 
|
OMG My ATB was with me two months as well. Your post is identical to mine! So Sorry, none of the vets in the area said they could do a necropsy for me. So we're in the same boat
Jenn
__________________
"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 06:57 PM
|
#6
|
|
Member
Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: toronto
Posts: 161
|
was it cb or wc??
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 07:09 PM
|
#7
|
|
Member
Join Date: Sep-2003
Location: Fort McMurray, AB
Age: 52
Posts: 1,285
|
Why don't you do your own necropsy. You'll learn something about your snakes anatomy. It's dead noe and I'm sorry for your loss but why let this chance go to waste. We did cats, pigs, worms, frogs and a few others when I was in high school and Uni. Most university/college book shops should sell a disection kit(scapel, probe, etc..) for cheap. You'll just need a wood slab and some tacks to complete it.
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 07:14 PM
|
#8
|
|
Member
Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 37
Posts: 5,322
|
How would you know what to look for?
__________________
Adam
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 07:38 PM
|
#9
|
|
Member
Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Mississauga
Age: 36
Posts: 432
|
sorry to hear bout the loss man.
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 08:34 PM
|
#10
|
|
Member
Join Date: May-2003
Location: Vancouver Island
Age: 40
Posts: 1,793
Country:
|
Uh Derrick, that's great but you really can't learn much if you don't know what to look for. So really it would just be chopping your pet up in hopes you MAY figure something out...
__________________
"A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing."
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 09:04 PM
|
#11
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Mississauga (905)
Age: 36
Posts: 350
|
zappaguy: it was cb
thnx to u all who send your condolences.
R.I.P Carnage
__________________
..Soo...this is life...wasn't what i expected but who am I to complain?
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 09:10 PM
|
#12
|
|
Member
Join Date: Mar-2003
Location: Ontario
Age: 42
Posts: 3,999
|
Sorry about your loss.
__________________
Steven
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 09:17 PM
|
#13
|
|
Member
Join Date: Nov-2003
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Age: 43
Posts: 281
|
how strange....that makes 3 of us, whom lost our ATB no more than 2 or 3 months old...very strange indeed, mine however was due to salmonela (sp?) in it's bloodstream...the vet couldn't figure out how it got there, just that it put the snake into a system wide shock, wich het hinks might have contributed to the death...however, i am still curently awaiting the finidings from the histo pathologist? or somthing like that, and was only slightly comforted by the vet to learn it was through no fault of my own...my condolences are with the both of you, on our shared loss...
Kimo
__________________
"Death Is Not The Greatest Loss In Life, The Greatest Loss In Life, Is What Dies Inside Us While We Still Live"
2.2 Bearded Dragon, 2.4 Leopard Geckos, 1.1 Veiled Chameleon, 1.1 Kenyan Sand Boa, 1.1 Royal/Ball Python, 1.1 Emerald Tree Boa, 1.0 Eastern Box Turtle, 1.0 Jungle Carpet Python and 1.0 American Pit Bull Terrier
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 09:26 PM
|
#14
|
|
Member
Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Mississauga (905)
Age: 36
Posts: 350
|
It's good to know that it was not your fault that your atb passed away. It is quite odd that there have been 3 of us that have lost atb's in the last 2-3 months.
Well where there's life there's death, i just wish loosing your pet wasn't this hard...
__________________
..Soo...this is life...wasn't what i expected but who am I to complain?
Last edited by HeRpZ03; 07-04-04 at 09:28 PM..
|
|
|
|
|
07-04-04, 11:02 PM
|
#15
|
|
Member
Join Date: Feb-2004
Posts: 86
|
Derrick, i thought about doing my own necropsy on a baby cham that i lost a year ago, just for the sake of learning, and comaparing it to what i allready knew about lizard physiology. But my girlfriend at the time got real mad when i mentioned it to her.
As for what to look for....things that dont look right, ie, bumps, growths, strange discolourations on organs. And if you want something to compare it to, go to the library and get a book on snake physiology. Most textbooks will have figures that most laymans can understand, for a point of comparison.
|
|
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
All times are GMT -6. The time now is 04:54 PM.
Powered by vBulletin®
©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Copyright © 2002-2023, Hobby Solutions.
|
 |
Hybrid Mode