Remember my BCI with the RI and all the other issues? WEll she's been doing great. Eating a couple of big fuzzies or a hopper at each feeding. Folks here had been on me to feed her larger mice rather than multiples. Tonight we bought her a rat pup. It was smaller than a grown mouse and only slightly larger than a hopper.
She killed it clean and worked it down fine - until it was completely swallowed and two inches past the back of her head. (She is 22 1/2 inches long.) Then it happened....
Her skin split open right down the centerline of her spine for a length of 4 inches!!!!! It shows clean pink "meat" underneath with NO bleeding. She was due for a shed, but hadn't gone 'milky' yet. Her humidity and temp has been PERFECT for months getting checked daily.
If you've followed this story you know I've gone to all lengths to save this snake that I bought as a sick neo. What should I do? Is it time to consign her to the freezer? I'd hate to do that with all the time, money, and LOVE that has been expended to this point. Has anyone EVER seen this happen before?
Skin split as she swallowed...
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