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Is this injury permanent?

Cursed_Witch, it's good that Stewie's eating regularly after the accident. From reading what Roy said, it sounds like Stewie fared a bit better in such a situation.
 
As I've posted elsewhere on this board, one of my males has some horrible crush injuries along the first third of his length, resulting in multiple broken ribs. To be honest, Stewie looks a bit of an amateur compared to my Pumpkin!

My vet was pretty relaxed about it, although the x-ray looked terrible and showed a range of broken/fused ribs and vertebrae. The vet said that as long as Pumpkin eats normally and behaves normally, he'll be fine. In the vet's opinion, Corns are very resilient to this kind of injury.

In the couple of years since the damage first occured, Punpkin has been absolutely fine, so I'm pretty optimistic that you'll find Stewie bounces back and lives a long, happy life.

Keep us posted!
 
Cursed_Witch said:
And if you read it.. I snapped the pics right away and took him out.
I didnt sit and watch him or took my time to set up my camera.... so im sorry but thats a little offending what you said.
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Depending on the kind of camera you have, it can take anywhere from 4-6 seconds to turn on and be ready to take a picture. Factor in the time to focus in, zoom, and then take TWO seperate pictures at DIFFERENT angles. Then factor in the times to pick up and put down the camera. Hardly "quick".

Your priorities are very confusing.

Savvy19 said:
so before you accuse people of being a "horrible person" consider the fact that you are pretty much no different.
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If I were to accidentally miss handle or harm my snake I wouldn't jump for the camera and take a picture of it in action.

tracy0416 said:
When your first thought, in a situation where your snake is in grave danger, is to snap a photo, (actually, more than one photo), rather then get the snake to saftey, you can expect people to question where your priorites are. What is important to someone and how they conduct themselves in a time of crisis reveals much about a person's character.

Also, if you are "wooried" about if the injuries are permanent, why not take the snake to the vet for an immediate, real life physical assessment?

Sorry, but I find this whole senario mishandled --be it surrounding a snake, bird, cat or human. If my firend was caught in the car door I wouldn't be all like, "hold on a sec, I just gotta grab my camera."
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Totally agree.
 
I know that we all have our own opinions on whether or not what the OP did was wrong, but let's just try to put those aside for a moment. The original intent of this post was to ask whether the injury would be permanent or not, and if the snake would be fine. Both of these questions have already been answered, and I personally think it should be left at that.

(P.S.?) I hope nobody thinks I'm trying to be rude. As I'm proofreading this, it kind of sounds like I am. But I assure you that I'm not. If I were saying this aloud it would be calm and soothing, not sharp and...not soothing. lol

So let's all join hands and sing "Kumbaya" :rolleyes:
 
Bizarre. As empty as that container looked, as transparent as the lid is, and as tight a fit as those plastic containers have, how in the world you didn't know you did that is beyond me. And why you took time to take a picture is just as bizarre. I don't know you from Adam Ant, but I have to wonder about this "accident." :shrugs:
 
Thank you for those who answered me

and for those who questioned my judgement... go back and read the details of the incident more carefully before you jump to conclusions about my caracter or my judgement.

I would give more details to actually prove wether some of your theories are right, but i really feel its just not the point
 
When I saw this I was horrified and wondered myself... How the hell did she get a pic of that? I would be in frantic rescue mode! Then you reported that your camera was already set up on the tripod. (I still damned you for taking the time to press the button) Horrible person is a tad harsh. We all make mistakes and I am extremely happy to see that your snake appears to be recovering brilliantly. After more thought I am thankfull that you took the pic and took the risk of posting it here. It shows how our carelessness with the animals we care for can be avoided. It reminds us to slow down a bit and realize the responsibility we have taken on by being keepers of another life. Be it our reptiles, our cats/dogs, kids. I know I am "out there" and perhaps "skipped a few steps". It gives me pause to think though, and sometimes that is all that is needed to get back on track... a pause to think. :shrugs:
Angela
 
I hope the damage isn't permanent. Poor little snake! :( Accidents do happen; but I still don't understand why you were taking pictures. I don't care how close my camera was at the time, I would've helped the snake first... but that's just me. No harsh judgements on you, cursed-witch... Just be careful.
 
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