![]() ![]() Disappointing to lose the snake so soon, but they did go above and beyond their own terms to offer you a discount on a future purchase. That nature of business(I'm not saying it's bad business) lends itself to this kind of thing happening on occasion.which is why they have the standard pet shop 24 hour policy on reptiles. ![]() Not sure if LLL breeds their Fla Kings, but they do buy and resell in high volume. I really don't feel that a 90 degree hot spot is necessary for them, but not something that would kill them. Sucks Mike.and Florida Kings are such awesome, hearty snakes. I think your situation is unfortunate, but we all need to be prepared for the worst when something happens to an animal in our collection Any treatments would obviously add to the cost, but how can you beat a herpetologist checking your 70+ bp collection for a flat rate $150 plus mileage and a modest hourly rate? I have not had the need to call upon his services, but it is comforting to know he is available to do so. Bogan (a well known local herpetologist) from Gator Land here in FL on call to visit my facility for $150 plus mileage to check my entire collection if needed at any time. All fecal exams were fine and in the end I concluded his temps were a bit low to aid in good digestion, as checking his tub with my IR gun it was 2F lower than other tubs in the same rack? Don't know why the temp was low in his tub when others in the same V18 rack were fine, but I moved him to one of the warmest slots in the rack after all tests were fine and he ate and pooped normally twice in QT.īoth animals were fine in the end, and my collection was not compromised at all. I did not figure the Pied had IBD as he did not exhibit any neurological symptoms associated with IBD. He was immediately placed back in QT!! That was a $250+ bill for an exam and fecal smears for parasites and Crypto. The other was a 1.0 Pied at ~400g who either regurged, or deficated a rat pretty much undigested (it was too hard to tell). Cost me over $500 total in vet bills, traveling 70 miles each way twice to the vet and antibiotics- plus the time to treat him over 2 months with injections of Baytril and then Tazicef. one an adult 1.0 Clown at 1700g who got an infected scent gland while breeding. I have vetted 2 bp's (both well established for months in my collection after QT). $500 for a necropsy does seem expensive on the surface, but that figure is less than probably 75% of any one bp in my collection, so if I saved even one animal from a potentially deadly disease, that $500 would be money well spent. I have never had an animal die suddenly, or at all for that matter, so I cannot put myself in your shoes. For this reason I would have spent whatever the cost on a necropsy to protect my entire collection having to assume the worst case scenario of an unexplained death of a snake in my collection. ![]() I have also invested a great amount of money, and a lot of time in my collection. I am not posting here to place blame on anyone in this thread- just how I would probably have dealt with the situation given my current collection. ![]()
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