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Safe to feed on paper towel?

UPDATE!
He passed a green nugget the diameter of a pen cap and about a half inch long, and a blob of urates about 1.5 times that size. It was accompanied by plenty of semi-clear fluid, and looks (other than the coloration on the feces) like a rather normal defecation.
The amount of fluids passed is a bit of a relief, because I take that (along with his appearance) to indicate that he's remaining well-hydrated.
:D
 
That's great, Zach! Sounds like he's gonna get through this ok. Hopefully he hasn't developed a "taste" for paper towels :grin01:
 
Thats excellent news. It sounds like (though trying) he's gonig to be ok (its always so worrying). I remember the night my cat got a face full of paint thinner, it was horrible. Thank god for poision control (yes they have an animal #).

mbdorfer said:
Hopefully he hasn't developed a "taste" for paper towels :grin01:
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lol there was always that kid in my elementry school class that would for some reason eat paper. Never really got it, but he was always there giving stink eyes to the kid who ate paste.
 
Shep151 said:
UPDATE!
He passed a green nugget the diameter of a pen cap and about a half inch long, and a blob of urates about 1.5 times that size. It was accompanied by plenty of semi-clear fluid, and looks (other than the coloration on the feces) like a rather normal defecation.
The amount of fluids passed is a bit of a relief, because I take that (along with his appearance) to indicate that he's remaining well-hydrated.
:D
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thats awesome that it all went through :bird:
 
Kvlt said:
thats awesome that it all went through :bird:
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Sorry to say that he's far from out of the woods yet...
What was passed represented maybe 5% of the paper towel, and the forward end of the bulge has moved maybe an inch down, which leaves a good 8 or 10 inches left until it reaches his vent.
Basically, he's only just begun the hard part... :shrugs:
 
Thanks for the informative post. I feed hatchlings in delis, but have fed yearlings on paper towel. This makes me re-think my routine for the yearlings. I'm glad to hear some progress is being made, and hope he'll pass the rest without prolapsing. Keep us updated.
 
He's gone now. Apparently today he found it to be too uncomfortable, and commenced a regurg attempt. He brought it up to about an inch behind his jawbones and died there.
 
I'm extremely sorry to hear that! I don't think we are ever going to find a way to have a "perfect environment", no matter what we do there will always be terrible accidents. Thanks for educating many people with this thread.
 
Oh I am so sorry for your loss.
I have been following this thread, as many of us have, hoping for the best. And I have read many times that you should use a paper towel to feed, just one more thing for us to think about with our snakes. Thanks for educating us through this experience.
 
carol said:
Thanks for educating many people with this thread.
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Thanks, Carol; I just hope it has. Otherwise I wouldn't have published such a personally painful experience on every forum in which I participate.
 
Aww, I'm sorry to hear the end result. Seems to be a poor day for boas all around. I just lost a boa today to heart failure. Someone I work with has a boa that hasn't eaten for 9 months. He was skin and bones when they brought him in, and obviously stressed and malnourished. They had tried everything to entice the boa to eat to no avail. We force fed him a small meal today, which went very smoothly, but just the same, it was too much stress on the poor thing. It died this afternoon. Necropsy showed huge atria with thickened, gnarley valve leaflets, obvious heart failure. :( So sorry to Shep and Josh for the loss of a gorgeous snake. No matter how safe you try to be, they find a way, somehow.
 
I'm so sorry, I was really hoping he'd be okay!!

But I'd like to echo the thoughts on helping educate other snake owners. So many of us do feed on paper towels or napkins, this could have happened to any of us.
 
Zach,
I am terribly sorry that he didn't make it. Thank you for sharing this experience with us. I never would have thought of something like this happening. Now I know that there are no 100% safe substrates.

Josh and Jen,
I'm sorry for your loss, as well. I know you were excited about getting this little one!
 
Real sorry, Zach. I thought that all the fluid excrement was a good sign. One thing for sure, I will cease to feed my larger snakes on anything but an empty container. Thanks for keeping us updated and once again, I'm sorry for your loss.
 
I'm so sorry to hear about your loss. <a href='http://www.smileycentral.com/?partner=ZSzeb008_ZRxdm103YYUS' target='_blank'><img src='http://smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/16/16_14_23.gif' alt='Flowers' border=0></a>

I fed my snakes on paper towels until I read this post.
 
That is so sad. You certainly tried everything to save him and we were all hoping he'd be OK. I'm sorry for your loss, and I appreciate having learned something from you sharing this awful experience.
 
I'm so sorry Zack. Its been a hard couple of weeks for snakes around here. I hate so see so many posts saying they didn't make it. :cry: (we lost our girl 2 weeks ago).

This was very informative. I hope that many people learn from this. I know I did.

Best Regards
 
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