My baby boa - A sad story
My first baby I have had for a few months now. She was always pretty shaky but after having her for a little while she got even worse, and she started going into shed. To make matters worse she got stuck in her shed, at this time a new friend of mine came into the picture and having much more experiance with snakes she took my baby off to help her shead and try to get her oveall more healthy looking (she had become dehydrated at the same time)
So after we got the shead off, got her eating and hydrated we thought things might look up however she still was shaking and her tummy was getting softer and softer, to the point that it did not feel like she had any muscles.
So I called the vet, and of course the nearest one had to be quite a distance today. I just got back from the vet a few minutes ago, it happens to be that my baby has a rare neurlogical disorder called cerebellar hypoplasia...
In english is means if left she will slowly worsen untill she is completely paralized, as it is she is at the stage where she cannot poop on her own, which saddens me as this being the reason she has not gone in over a month after eating 5 times. And why she seems to have no muscles.
The vet informed me that there is no treatment and all that can really be done for her to be put down. I am very unhappy and upset I had waited so long to get my baby and did everything I could to keep her healthy and happy. Now she has to be put down.
The main reason for this post is because aside from my friend no one here cares about snakes at all, anyway here is a picture of my first baby.
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