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Originally Posted by Abraxxos
Nothing really, it's just scar tissue. Now, over time it looks at though they may be coming back but he doesn't breath through them at all. From what it looks like, yeah it's a ton of scar tissue and sadly no, the vet we saw said he wasn't sure there was anything the could be done.
His story. Well. My sister and I had been looking to get more tanks as extras are never a bad thing and we found an offer and went to go pick up the tanks. When we got there the guy said they weren't water sealed so we couldn't use them for fish, so he asked what we had and when we replied a boa, he insisted on showing us his boas. He had 3 on his porch in too-small enclosures with no water, no heat and he claimed he hadn't fed them since their last clutch. He brought out a small snake the size of a month old neonate and despite our disbelief on the matter we learned that the baby was a year old (time stamped pictures). The female (the boa with me in the green dress) was emaciated and had an RI and some rub/scratch scabs. The male was emaciated, had an RI, remnants of mouth rot and bad open cuts, torn scales, rubs, etc. The young snake was emaciated and obviously stunted. We took the baby home that day and we were back later in the week for the other two (needed time to set up enclosures). We still aren't even sure if she's ever going to grow much. She's grown a few inches at best since we brought her home but otherwise she's the same size despite being a pig. All are now in better health and are all very sweet and hopefully well on their way to recovery.
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I was so glad you found them when all of this happened. Kudos for how far you took it. Glad it is all working out for both you and your snakes.
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