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Nanci said:
Take a look at Meg's comment in the Large Snakes thread. And do you know how to do the Cornsnake Treadmill?
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I've only got one eye open at this point and have no business being on the computer yet...which thread and what?! A treadmill???
 
OkeeteeMom said:
My poor scalebabie got subjected to a well-check by an odd "Specialist"...

The blue print are the Vet's answers (if you can call them that) to my questions:

“I think she has edema.” :::takes out a needle and sticks Evie in the butt, extracting fluid for a slide::: :(

“I pretty positive she’s a girl by the length from her cloaca to the tip of her tail…it’s really long…males are shorter”.

Her weight: 540 grams, “She’s completely normal, not overweight”

Heart rate: Very Good

Lungs: Very Good

Possible Age Guesstimate: 5-7 years

Gravid: “maybe, maybe not…I can’t feel any eggs but you never know until you know”

Feedings: “One rat weanling a week is fine, if she eats it right away. If she shows no immediate interest in food, cut back her feedings. You can feed her once every 2 weeks, or three weeks or a month…I don’t care. Vary her diet…give her a mouse or a Gerbil once in a while. And do supplement her meals with something such as ReptoCal.”

Slide Analysis: “No edema, just a fatty butt, but she’s not overweight”.

It sounded somewhat clear to me (yet contradictory regarding her weight). But no matter...young or old...gravid or not, she’s loved and has a forever home with us.
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WOw, that's bad. Your snake is nice looking (if a bit fat). I'm sure you can get her weight down with a realistic diet. :D
 
One thing's for sure, OkeeteeMom. Your snake will be doing better now that she's with you. I'm pretty inexperienced but she doesn't look like an okeetee to me, either.
 
Also, here's Kathy Love's awesome visual sexing guide.

If you don't already own her book, I HIGHLY recommend it!!

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Vet said:
“I pretty positive she’s a girl by the length from her cloaca to the tip of her tail…it’s really long…males are shorter”.
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As you can see, Male tails are notoriously LONGER than female's! :nope:
 
JESSICAT...

Jessicat said:
Also, here's Kathy Love's awesome visual sexing guide. If you don't already own her book, I HIGHLY recommend it!!
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As you can see, Male tails are notoriously LONGER than female's! :nope:
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Thanks for this information.

I just came back from a local reptile store in ABQ. Turns out that she knows WAY more than that Vet (actually, I'm wonder who doesn't know more!). She too rolled her eyes when I told her about that visit and visual sexing. She's going to sex "Evie" properly in two weeks.
Honestly! The more I think about what I was told by the shop that sold her to me AND by that DUFUS Vet...the more 'chapped my hide gets'.

Thank the Snake Gods for the mind saving grace of all the knowledgeable people helping out in Forum.

:cheers:

PS~wonder what the male name for "Evie" is...EVERT?
 
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