Scared for my boa

[Terranaut]

Originally Posted by dinosaurdammit

I go today at 3. Im just a mess. I cant stop crying. I too am sick with pneumonia so every time i start to cry a coughing fit starts. I just want to fix her so she can be a happy healthy snake. Bless her heart she has tried so hard. When i put her on the floor she does her best to slither over to me and rest her head. I know she feels safe with me which pains me the most because I fear I will betray her if I have to put her down. But i feel like she is suffering. She seeks me out. Ive been sitting all morning with her in my apron like a kangaroo, just so I could hold her.

If you must put her down rest assured you are helping her not betraying her. If kharma exisits your cup is full and you gone beyond what most would have done.

[dinosaurdammit]

Originally Posted by Terranaut

If you must put her down rest assured you are helping her not betraying her. If kharma exisits your cup is full and you gone beyond what most would have done.

The vet insisted we do another blood screen to see if we missed ANYTHING but i think her kidneys are gone. I have to give her water every day now. I have to take a straw, place it on the side of her mouth, raise her lip and drip it in there, she almost drowned in her water dish, shallow as it was. We have bonded pretty well- if snakes /can/ bond.

Her urates were half the size of a pingpong ball and hard as a rock. Really yellow as well so I dont know whats going on. She does GREAT after fluids but I am concerned that she would have to have fluids weekly to maintain health and thats a lot of stress on her and her body.

When I got her I promised her owner I would look after till she got old and died, I promised her that as well, thats why it feels like I am betraying her. Bless her heart, she just wants to be close to me and lay on me, her head sits right up but about the 6th or so neck bone down it starts going onto her side, her breathing seems hard to do, its like her muscles just arnt working. Vet wonders if there is some sort of paralysis. If so it may be degenerative and unable to fix.

If I have to euthanize her as weird as it sounds I want to either have her mounted or buy beetles to strip her down to bone so I can keep her bones. Its odd I know but We cant burry her here on base and I want to be near my pets after they die.