Have been bitten by reptile.
Posted By: Pugmom on 2009-06-19
In Reply to: Yes, he IS quite interesting... - CrankyBeach
When we got our first iguana, we did what the pet store told us to - feed her lots of spinach which is a huge no no for iguanas. I never bothered to do much research about their care - we did have a nice aquarium with the right lighting, etc. At one point, I noticed she just didn't seem right. I got her into a vet who had experience with iguanas. She did an X-ray. Spike had developed metabolic bone disease, which means pretty much all of her bones had fractures. It looked horrible on X-ray. They had to keep giving her calcium shots and she stayed in the hospital for awhile. I then did my research and found the proper diet. Spike thrived after that. When we had to move from CT back to Ohio, I decided it was better to find another home for her and Moto, and I did find a good home. We had our guinea pigs to take with us but they didn't require specific lighting and I highly doubted we could rent a house (we rented until we knew the area, then bought our house) with 2 iguanas.
Anyway, an iguana expert told me to let Spike run free in the vet's waiting room if there were no other animals present because she freaked out so bad as soon as we pulled into the vet parking lot. Well, I did that. Then they wanted to see her so I went to pick her up and she shredded my thumb, quick as a rattlesnake. They have upper and lower teeth that are serrated, like a steak knife. I was lucky - lots of iguanas bite and will not let you go. I'm told the only true remedy is getting some kind of hard liquor and pouring a little near their dose, which will force them to open up.
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and I'm still not afraid of snakes. In my new job we actually come across them now and then. We girls gather around and analyze whether we think it's poisonous. If we decide it's not, then I'll be the one to carry it down by the pond ... except the only one we've needed to move so far was bright copper in color, and I never picked up a copperhead-colored snake before, so we called the boss. He carried it without incident.
are they just completely bitten off??or holes
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completely bitten off - some blooms laying there, like they were cut
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Beth-obviously you've been bitten by the elderly abuse issue
spew us with your bile. If the woman is lucid, capable of functioning on her own, there is only so much the woman's child(ren) or social services can do UNTIL or IF something negative happens.
From the scenario described in the original post, she hasn't physically put herself at risk, not put herself at financial risk.
U} Here's a beer to help you make it through the day.
Yeh, just reading where NFL's James Harrison's son was bitten by their family pit today
The child was 6, family dog. Severe facial wounds. The dog will be held 10 days before it is put down. Lovely animals.
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