I give up. Giving mine away. - Page 3

GarterPython · 04-02-12, 09:32 PM

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i'm really sorry to hear this has happened again Randy

you are bound to feel disheartened,but don't throw in the towel mate

give it some time,then sit and write down,everything you can remember of the two births.see if they have anything in common,that could have contributed to this outcome

it must feel like crap now my friend,but IMO, it will feel a lot crappier,if you give up

don't beat yourself up about it,it serves no purpose,giving yourself a hard time

you may have a female,that through no fault of yours,had bad births

if you find no equiptment or husbandry faults,then it may well be its just mother nature

please Randy,give it some time,before you make a final decision,you may regret later mate

cheers shaun

I couldn't have summed it up better! I am very sorry for your loss but try and think it through then if you have decided that you really want to get rid of them than do it. Very sorry!

RandyRhoads · 04-02-12, 09:39 PM

I have other snakes to keep me plenty happy and busy. If I ever want to breed again i'll buy some more boas down the road. Probablly Hog islands, possibly a morph.

And I think it's time for the female to be euthanized, or given to somebody who doesn't mind spending a fortune diagnostic tests/meds.

GarterPython · 04-02-12, 09:40 PM

Okay as long as you thought it through and you know that you want to do it. That is all that matters.

mystichrome · 04-03-12, 12:19 AM

get a brazilian rainbow boa

i have one and id be willing to breed mine when shes old enough

**Aaron_S** · 04-03-12, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

I have other snakes to keep me plenty happy and busy. If I ever want to breed again i'll buy some more boas down the road. Probablly Hog islands, possibly a morph.

And I think it's time for the female to be euthanized, or given to somebody who doesn't mind spending a fortune diagnostic tests/meds.

Wait. What?

Why would you kill a boa that is perfectly healthy because she had stillborns?

I belong to another forum and on there someone posted pics of an entire litter in their water dish. That is where the female put them so I can't say all of yours drowned. I believe they were born dead. It happens. Maybe you're handling her too much while gravid. I am no expert on this but it's no reason to kill a snake.

MoreliAddict · 04-03-12, 08:39 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

And I think it's time for the female to be euthanized, or given to somebody who doesn't mind spending a fortune diagnostic tests/meds.

Or you could keep it as a pet...

alessia55 · 04-03-12, 08:42 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

And I think it's time for the female to be euthanized, or given to somebody who doesn't mind spending a fortune diagnostic tests/meds.

Why not keep her as a pet or rehome her with a family that wants her as a pet but not for breeding?

KORBIN5895 · 04-03-12, 09:02 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

Still unsure what to do about the mother. I'm pretty set on something being genetically wrong with her. I got her for 50 bucks in a shop that just got 3 in. Being the cheap a** I am, I got it. The next time I went in the rest were all dead and handed to me to skin for him. Despite many baytril treatments and increased heat, she always bubbled, bloated her throat and had secretions around her mouth. Half the time she seems fine, the other half , half dead. When I introduced the male for breeding, she showed these signs again. After a few weeks together he never showed any signs. That makes me think it's just her. If it was an RI i'm pretty sure he would have gotten from her, but he's always healthy.

I don't know what to do with her. Try to find her another home? I'd hate to euthanize her but she seems like she's in pain most of the time.

This was I his other thread. Figured you guys missed it.

The female seems to have some odd and chronic health issues.

MoreliAddict · 04-03-12, 09:12 AM

Missed that, my bad.

**Aaron_S** · 04-03-12, 09:56 AM

Missed it to and even more so why would you BREED A SICK SNAKE?! Why would you subject a snake who has that many issues to the stresses of breeding.All for your own selfish reasons. No wonder she had a bunch of stillborn!

Unbelievable.

Some people need to get their heads out of their asses.

red35 · 04-03-12, 10:46 AM

Hows your little miracle doing?

RandyRhoads · 04-03-12, 10:58 AM

As I said, she didn't always seem sick. I gave her a Baytril treatment, again. She seemed fine then after a few weeks of introducing her to breed she showed signs again, but it was a little too late. I didn't know this could be a genetic thing, and not something I did. But this got me thinking of back to where and how I got her, and the outcome of the other she was with.

shaunyboy · 04-03-12, 11:16 AM

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Originally Posted by RandyRhoads

As I said, she didn't always seem sick. I gave her a Baytril treatment, again. She seemed fine then after a few weeks of introducing her to breed she showed signs again, but it was a little too late. I didn't know this could be a genetic thing, and not something I did. But this got me thinking of back to where and how I got her, and the outcome of the other she was with.

^^^^^
as i said on your other thread i had a jaguar python like that mate

he dropped dead on me,even after spending hundreds of pounds,we even did key hole surgery on his lundg and could NOY establish its cause

he could go months acting healthy,then right out the blue start sneezing and show respiritory issues

cheers shaun