Sweet Kindle

Kindle was the female Burmese python who was pulled out of the house fire in April. She has been healthy and very loved in her new home.

Sadly, she very unexpectedly died this week. It caught us all by surprise. Her owner is heartbroken.

Sometimes even our best efforts can't undo the damage of neglect done before we rescue reptiles.

Rest in Peace, Sweet Kindle. You were loved and adored.

Scorch and Kindle at the Vet

These two gorgeous snakes had a recheck at the vet today. I met their new owners there and was amazed at their progress. 

Kindle has a mouth wound that's been treated with antibiotic drops, but looks great. 

Scorch was almost doubled his body weight! He's gorgeous. 

Both of these snakes are definitely living their "Happily Ever Afters." 

Waiting

Midnight, the Iggy, is at the vet now and I'm still waiting for a phone call from the vet. Kindle, the female Burm fire victim, is also at the vet because her respiratory infection has come back and she has a black sludge coming from her mouth. 

The two chameleons are going in at 3:45. 

Updates later today. 

Before and After Shedding, Kindle

Kindle before she shed-- 

Kindle after she shed-- 

She's so soft and fresh! Her mouth looks great. Such an adorable girl!! Her eyes are clearer too. 

Shedding is such a good sign of health for them. 

Ouch

Sometimes checking out at the vet is more painful than others. 

Here's the receipt for another round of antibiotics for Kindle & Scorch (the 2 albino Burmese pythons). 

Yep. Just antibiotic shots. $166.99. 

Ouch. 

Big Snakes

I've never been a fan of BIG snakes. Fine for others, not my idea of a snake. 

Kindle & Scorch, the 2 albino Burmese python fire victims, have changed that. 

I love these guys! They are so fun and have such distinctive personalities. 

We had to unexpectedly move them last week even though they were shedding. The stress of that brought back both of their respiratory infections. :( We discovered them bubbling at the mouth again tonight. 3 more weeks of antibiotics start tomorrow. 

Scorch has taken up residence in his water dish. 

But we bathed Kindle tonight. She was not a fan. 

After bathing, she let us cuddle her for awhile. 

We put her back so she didn't get too cold. 

It's easy to hold them now because they are both grossly underweight. Kindle is 16 pounds, Scorch is 19 pounds. They should be at least double that. Then it won't be as easy to snuggle after bath time. 

Fire Victims at the Vet

Today we took four fire reptile victims to the vet:

-Kindle, female Burmese python

-Flame, bearded dragon

-Blaze, Savannah monitor

-Phoenix, blood python 

Kindle is staying at my rescue sister's house and today was the first day I got to meet her. I had so much fun holding her that I forgot to take pics of anyone else! 

She crawled into my shirt. 

And I took a selfie with her! 

She held on to my leg tightly. 

And then she pushed her head near my neck and took a nap. 

Kindle has burns on her mouth and eyes. She also has a respiratory infection. She has antibiotic eye cream and antibiotic shots. Then then techs tube fed her because this sweet girl is only 15 pounds! She should be over 60. 

The blood python and Savannah monitor got tube fed too. 

Flame the beardie has slightly dry eyes (from the smoke) and got antibiotic eye cream too. I just need to fatten him up and give him extra care. He's super underweight too (180 grams instead of 240+ grams). 

The antibiotic eye cream and antibiotic skin cream will be used to treat the other snakes too. If they show signs of a Respiratory Infection, we'll put them on antibiotics too. But we should now be able to focus on giving the reptiles nutritional care and wound treatment without any further vet visits.