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Dropped....
- Thread starter EvilRix
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DaemoNox
Abyssus abyssum invocat
Like said above, snakes are tough (one has to be to survive and flourish in the wild with no arms or legs). It has been found in X-rays that many older snakes, mainly large constrictors, have old broken ribs that seem to have no ill effect on them, and have gone unnoticed by their owners ever since they had them. I wouldnt worry about it, but be sure to watch it carefully and if you see and change in behaviour I'd take it to a vet just in case.
princess
Cornaholic
back to the topic My big amel girlie got dropped about 4 feet by a friend of mine when she was about 1 month old...I was so furious I could have thrown him off the balcony!
Long story short..she's grown up into a lovely healthy adult with no ill effects. Just keep an eye on her for a few days but if I had to put money on it I'd say she'll be fine!
Rosebear
"Cornfounded"
When you click on the "Post Reply" button,you'll get a window with icons below the Title area. Look at the icons beside the font aspects and you'll see a little yellow icon of a mountain. Press that to insert an image, and put the URL of the picture in the pop-up box (picture does have to be uploaded to the internet). The program converts the URL to bulletin board script, and voila! You've posted a picture! Doesn't work the same with the Quick Reply though....
greymaiden
Love and Hisses
Time to chill, daddyo! (or rather, mommyo. . .)
Your snake is probably fine, and I wouldn't be too hard on your son. Tagged or not, hatchlings have a tendency to make seemingly suicidal leaps to freedom from people's hands and be perfectly fine. Many a careful adult and experienced breeder has dropped a hyperactive hatchling no matter how careful they were being.
If your snake tends toward tagging, instead of making your son paranoid about dropping it, I would encourage him to handle the snake MORE often. The more a snake is handled the friendlier and calmer it becomes, and most hatchlings can be trained out of being nippy just by being handled every day. Occasionally dropping a snake from the height of a person's hands probably won't hurt the snake, and it is bound to happen from time to time, even to people being careful and experienced adult handlers. This should not prevent you or your son from handling the snake as often as you like. The positive effects of regular handling for a pet snake far outweigh the minimal risk of occasionally dropping it on the floor.
I've seen snakes fall off of kitchen shelves and fall almost six feet to the linoleum and be perfectly fine. Unless your snake is showing other negative symptoms, it's fine and should be treated and handled normally.
Cut your son some slack. It happens to everyone!
My 2 cents,
Jamie Lynn
Your snake is probably fine, and I wouldn't be too hard on your son. Tagged or not, hatchlings have a tendency to make seemingly suicidal leaps to freedom from people's hands and be perfectly fine. Many a careful adult and experienced breeder has dropped a hyperactive hatchling no matter how careful they were being.
If your snake tends toward tagging, instead of making your son paranoid about dropping it, I would encourage him to handle the snake MORE often. The more a snake is handled the friendlier and calmer it becomes, and most hatchlings can be trained out of being nippy just by being handled every day. Occasionally dropping a snake from the height of a person's hands probably won't hurt the snake, and it is bound to happen from time to time, even to people being careful and experienced adult handlers. This should not prevent you or your son from handling the snake as often as you like. The positive effects of regular handling for a pet snake far outweigh the minimal risk of occasionally dropping it on the floor.
I've seen snakes fall off of kitchen shelves and fall almost six feet to the linoleum and be perfectly fine. Unless your snake is showing other negative symptoms, it's fine and should be treated and handled normally.
Cut your son some slack. It happens to everyone!
My 2 cents,
Jamie Lynn
Jenlichtenfeld
Lovin' my corn
What is tagging? Thanks.
CornCrazy
What's one more???
But it was an accident...that doesn't make him stupid. I personally do not think a parent should EVER refer to their child as "stupid." It can be very detrimental to their self-esteem. All kids (and adults alike) do stupid things sometimes...it doesn't mean they should be called stupid.EvilRix said: