r/boas • u/Hopeful-Bluebird-401 • 17h ago
update; rainbow boa not eating
Brought Ember to an exotic vet in Orlando. He pressed on her belly and there was an audible crunch. So she wasn’t eating because she was full of gas, possible do to a clostridium species/ gut immobility probably happened while she was in transport. So she’s getting admitted for a month to get her abdomen pressed daily to toot , meds and tube feedings. Apparently has a pretty high mortality of 50% so crossing fingers she’ll be just fine.
also side note said to ditch the fogger and not even get a mister , said soaking in a tub 2 ish times a week for an hour works perfect and has been shown to have better outcomes longterm. she’s in a bioactive so the humidity will
be high enough anyway