PurraLovesJazz
Poofy-Headed Snake-Addict
[Edit] Now I feel horrible and stupid! I was downstairs where his cage is so I watched him for a while. He cant breathe! Every once it a while he tips his head up and I can hear this raspy sound, or he opens his mouth to breathe! He seemed alright when I had him out, he made some funny whistly sounds but I thought that was because of the bath, because Bella does that. So maybe the cedar wood really IS a problem! But if he's been living in there for 5 years, would he have permanent damage?
I have a big bin I can put him in, to get him out of there, should I just put him on paper towel or something? Should I wait and feed him once before I move him, or not? He's already so skinny and I'm afraid if I move him he will get stressed and refuse to eat. Would the downsize in space make him aggressive? I asked my sister and she says he's always had breathing problems, but maybe its just been since he's lived in there, which was the entire time she had him.
Any help is definitely welcome!! [End Edit]
Ok, well some of you know I mentioned a while back that I might be watching my sister's boa for a while. Well, she just came home and we moved it here!
The poor thing is in pretty bad condition though. It was staying with someone here but then they moved and left it with her parents-in-law, who are afraid of it. The cage hadnt been cleaned in about a year, it took 3 hours to scrub everything clean between me and my sister. He also had some stuck shed, and he's too skinny, he was only getting fed every month or so. She was upset to see him so bad, he was her favorite and the only one she didnt sell or give away when she had to move. She's been trying to save up money to haul him and his cage cross country to Oregon, but she hasnt been able to yet. She's going to try to get him out there in the next year. She didnt know he was so badly taken care of.
I did manage to soak him and get most of the stuck shed off, theres just a little left on his head and neck. His cage has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, his heating fixed, and I'll be trying to put some weight on him.
His setup is pretty impressive if its kept up, its an old wardrobe that her and my mom changed into a very nice cage.
She says he's a hogg island boa? He's about 5ft long, and by her guess, 9 years old, so he's full grown. He's very gravelly looking, and his tail is pretty dark around the orangey saddles.
I have a big bin I can put him in, to get him out of there, should I just put him on paper towel or something? Should I wait and feed him once before I move him, or not? He's already so skinny and I'm afraid if I move him he will get stressed and refuse to eat. Would the downsize in space make him aggressive? I asked my sister and she says he's always had breathing problems, but maybe its just been since he's lived in there, which was the entire time she had him.
Any help is definitely welcome!! [End Edit]
Ok, well some of you know I mentioned a while back that I might be watching my sister's boa for a while. Well, she just came home and we moved it here!
The poor thing is in pretty bad condition though. It was staying with someone here but then they moved and left it with her parents-in-law, who are afraid of it. The cage hadnt been cleaned in about a year, it took 3 hours to scrub everything clean between me and my sister. He also had some stuck shed, and he's too skinny, he was only getting fed every month or so. She was upset to see him so bad, he was her favorite and the only one she didnt sell or give away when she had to move. She's been trying to save up money to haul him and his cage cross country to Oregon, but she hasnt been able to yet. She's going to try to get him out there in the next year. She didnt know he was so badly taken care of.
I did manage to soak him and get most of the stuck shed off, theres just a little left on his head and neck. His cage has been thoroughly cleaned and disinfected, his heating fixed, and I'll be trying to put some weight on him.
His setup is pretty impressive if its kept up, its an old wardrobe that her and my mom changed into a very nice cage.
She says he's a hogg island boa? He's about 5ft long, and by her guess, 9 years old, so he's full grown. He's very gravelly looking, and his tail is pretty dark around the orangey saddles.
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