Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 My snake laid a shit load of unfertilised eggs. Then it was time for more eggs to come and it got clogged up and it's arse ended up paralysed, it wouldn't eat and it was a tempermental little fuck. Ended up getting put down 'cause all the baths and massages in the world wouldn't get these eggs out. And I wasn't paying a vet bill for her to get operated on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Yahoo Mail saying I have 1 in my inbox. Normally this means 1 unread. Not 1 overall. Dicks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Rats get a bad rep because of wild rats, tame ones are one of the cleanest animals you can get, and are great fun to play with and to watch, feeding time was chaos, you would put a big bowl of food out for them and they would each take some into their own spot, then spend an hour stealing from each other but never gaining any food!! In my flat at the time i had the rats, i had 2 gerbils a hamster, tropical fish and ciaran had a pair of canaries, our flat sounded like a jungle sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 My snake laid a shit load of unfertilised eggs. Then it was time for more eggs to come and it got clogged up and it's arse ended up paralysed, it wouldn't eat and it was a tempermental little fuck. Ended up getting put down 'cause all the baths and massages in the world wouldn't get these eggs out. And I wasn't paying a vet bill for her to get operated on.People like you shouldn't be allowed to keep animials Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I wasn't attached to it. I was thinking of selling it anyway before it got ill. I couldn't afford to spend shit loads on an animal I never even saw (it stayed at home when I left). So we got it put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paranoid Android Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 [easydigatjake]Maybe your parents should have got you put down when you had bowel problems?[/easydigatjake] 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 There are rescue places etc that people go out their way to help animals in situations like yours.I'm sorry but I find what you said completely DISTURBING I wasn't attached to it. I was thinking of selling it anyway before it got ill. I couldn't afford to spend shit loads on an animal I never even saw (it stayed at home when I left). So we got it put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 When people can't afford to get operations on dogs they get put down. If it wasn't for family helping us out our dog would have been put down alot sooner than it did. We gave it to a guy who runs a reptile shop and it was him that advised us to get it put down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 you gave it to a guy in a reptile shop, then he told you to get it put down. that makes no sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 To be fair to jake the vets told me to put down the rats rather than go through costly surgery that may or may not have worked, unfortunately sometimes the cost of these operations is more than you can pay. I dont see it as cruel as long as the animal is put down in the most humane way possible, at the end of the day in the wild the snake would have died, and most likely suffered more in the same situation, same with my rats, they were put down before they became too weak to eat or move and just waste away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 Well we still owned it. he was looking after it and shit. he advised us to get it put down. so we did. I was a little bummed that an animal had to die. But I didn't cry. Whereas when my dog died I was an emotional wreck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 you gave it to a guy in a reptile shop, then he told you to get it put down. that makes no senseWhy not, the guy in the shop would realise that a £200-300 operation on a snake that small would both be costly and would have no guarantee of success. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 My dog went through 3 very expensive operations and treatments 'cause he kept swallowing stuff he couldn't suggest (see: golf ball; and 2 raw, full tatties). Then he got arse cancer and the vet said if we get the tumor taken out he'll have trouble sitting 'cause it'll be sore and he'll most likely not be able to control his sphincter. We got him put down. We couldn't afford another operation and his life would have sucked even if we could. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 When on of my dragons was ill i took him to the vet, it only cost £25 for a consultation to find out what was wrong with him and get medicinebut yes places like REPS aberdeen, take in sick animals for rehoming and care. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'm pretty sure a rehoming place wouldn't spend 250 quid on an operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanClews Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 On the topic of operations for animals, this reminds me I need to get insurance for my animals that're not allowed to be mentioned in any thread, except one which has the animal name in the title. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I thought he gave the snake away to the pet shop, relived himself of his responsibility, and the shop got in contact with jake to get it put downbut no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Milner Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 On the topic of operations for animals, this reminds me I need to get insurance for my animals that're not allowed to be mentioned in any thread, except one which has the animal name in the title.Tesco is great! £5 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 your snake probably retained eggs due to insufficient care and temperatures, seeing as you said you were not that attached to him, also with the dog eating things a careful owner would have got a muzzle or something after the first instance of swallowing large objects no? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 we were bathing her and massaging like fuck. wasting mice that weren't being eaten. my dad got bitten loads. we went for advice and the guy took her off our hands. the op would have cost about 250 and would have only taken out the clogged up eggs. meaning it might have happened all over again next season. We got her put down. Simple. We couldn't' afford it this time and definitely couldn't' afford to go through it again. None of us were attached to it apart from my dad and even he saw it was the right thing to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 your snake probably retained eggs due to insufficient care and temperatures, seeing as you said you were not that attached to him, also with the dog eating things a careful owner would have got a muzzle or something after the first instance of swallowing large objects no?Don't be a dick. We always took care of that snake. And when I left home my dad took care of it.The dog was a lab. Which are carrying dogs. He would pick up more than one toy at once. One time he got unlucky and the toy at the back of his mouth was a golf ball. After that he wasn't allowed to play with golf balls. The tattie could have been outside or he might have scoffed it when my mum's back was turned. Don't try and make me out to be a bad pet owner because we got a snake put down after it was ADVISED by someone who owns shit loads of reptiles and runs a fucking shop for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fatboy Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I'm not being a dick, most cases improper care during gestation leads then to retain their eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 well if we didn't take care of her properly it wasn't out of neglect. whenever the tinest thing happened we were straight on the phone to Diane from pets on the green. When that shut down and we lost her number we started going to the other guy who was always helpful with advise. We used to worry over her not eating for a week before finding out they can go months without food. she was well looked after. Just bad luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 I think you guys are taking Pet Hates a little literally.Anyway my one for today is the fact that I haven't been able to play guitar for weeks due to a painful skin condition. Could just about cope when it was on my right thumb by using plectrums and thumbpicks but it's started up on my left index finger now and I can't do anything. Went to the driving range last night and that's ruined it as well. Now even typing on my keyboard at work is awkward. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaaakkkeee Posted March 13, 2012 Report Share Posted March 13, 2012 If you don't mind me asking, what's the condition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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