Vet Visit

Today was a long vet visit. I took in Sunny, Tommy, and had my rescue sister bring in Zeus, a red tail boa. 

Sunny stayed warm in my shirt before the visit. She looks great and her vent is in good shape. I'm going to inject a little mineral oil in her feeder mouse tonight and see if she prolapses again. If she does, Dr Folland will put a stitch along the sides of her vent to keep her from prolapsing again. 

Tommy's beak has started growing but it grew out weird and bubbled. Dr Folland said (as he often does for my rescues) "Weird! I've never seen anything like this." He filed down his beak so it can grow in evenly and smoothly. 

Tommy, in response, pooped all over the floor and peed on their hands and shoes. He was NOT happy! 

Zeus has a mouth wound that looks okay overall. We'll treat it with an antibiotic cream daily for a week to help it heal. Dr Folland says Zeus is a beautiful and healthy snake. 

Overall it was a good vet visit and not nearly as complicated as I thought it might be. 

Great Progress-- a picture update

Ziggy

the first picture I saw of him: 

in February 2014

my first pic of him: 

he weighed 282 grams 

a picture of him today: 

he weighs 386 grams. 

Tiger

the first picture I saw of him:
in April 2014 

my first picture of him: 

he weighed 128 grams 

a picture of him today: 

he weighs 257 grams 

Zeus

the first picture I saw of him: 

in July 2014

my first picture of him: 

he weighed 48 grams 

pictures of him today: 

he weighs 64 grams 

Sancho

the first picture I saw of him: 

in February 2014

my first picture of him: 

he weighed 338 grams

a picture of him today: 

he weighs around 900 grams

Still Here

This summer is flying by me way, way, way too fast! It's all I can do some days to keep up with my kids and my pets and my Etsy shop.

Even though my blog is quiet, I'm still here and doing what I do. :)

Just had to add that in so you didn't think I'd disappeared. I'll try to do an update on all my beardies at the beginning of next week. Zeus' mouth is finally (mostly) clearing up. Phew!

Zeus, rescue number 52

Zeus was sold last year on Black Friday and has pretty much been sick ever since. I'd been working with his 2nd owner (yes, he was bounced that fast) since this Spring. No matter what she did, she could not get Zeus' mouth to clear up. 

(all my pics are blurry because my cameras have been acting up lately). 

I took him in on Monday and took him immediately to my vet.

Dr Folland cleaned off his mouth, checked him for mouth rot and other issues, and sent him home with lots of medicine.

Every day, I soak his mouth with a liquid antibiotic solution and gently work off the scabs and dirt. Then I coat it with an antibiotic cream. Every three days I give him an antibiotic shot. His mouth is still pretty raw and he HATES me cleaning it. Poor guy.

He eats great and is otherwise active. I'm hoping by next week that it will look & feel much better for him. He's really tiny for being 9 months old. He needs to grow and put on some weight.