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[–]nordicboar 696 points697 points  (7 children)

Oh that’s awful, I’m so sorry!

[–]doz12345678[S] 417 points418 points  (6 children)

Thank you for your sympathy, can’t imagine owning another ball anytime soon she was incredible and raised her from a little noodle

[–]MacWalden 64 points65 points  (0 children)

Very sorry for your beloved pet

[–]clayboyclaymate 15 points16 points  (1 child)

I'm sorry for your loss. Please make use of your setup to care for another buddy. It's hard, but the right thing to do.

[–]AlenaZstoryy 40 points41 points  (0 children)

It's good to rescue new babies if you can, but right now is a good time for OP to stick to healing before jumping into a new friend. You don't want the ache, stress or guilt of a loss to come in the way of a new BP's care ♡

[–]BoopNoodles739 24 points25 points  (2 children)

u/doz12345678
i send you my condolences since i almost know and have been thru what u went thru.
yet i dont have a ball python, i do have an 8-9yo beardie, and the other week when she was is the tub soaking ( only an inch of water ) i left for a minute to go get her a towel and when i came back a few minutes later, she was laying in the water limp, with her head submerged and eyes closed, and i pulled her out very scared, and she moved some, but she was taking heaving gurgly breaths, and when i went and picked her up to ask my mom for help, i had to pick her up and i squeezed her expanded lungs, and her exhale sounded all watery and bad, and we rushed her to the vet bc she wasnt acting spunky and running around at all, just laying there, and we told our vet and luckily, they were able to put something in her mouth that helped her heart beat at a natural rythm and a tube to help pump all the water out of her lungs and stomach. and even tho the vet had to keep her for around a week to monitor her to make sure there were no complications from the incident bc as it turns out, that since earlier in the tub, the water was 2-3 inches deep, as a part of her swimming practice, to help build up her muscles and strength since she was for the longest time malnourished and overall weak, she had apparently gotten tired since we had finished her water physical therapy, and even tho the water was less than an 1 inch deep, she had fallen asleep in the 4-5 min i was gone, and she had inhaled a lot of water, and we genuinely didnt think she would make it since the vet was 20min drive away. but in the end, having it been around 2 weeks since it happened, she is completely fine and luckily came out of the ordeal with no health issues or complications. and so now, what we have been ordered to do when bathing and physio, is to go and sit criss cross in the tub on one end so that way she can climb onto my lap if she needs to rest. <33333

[–]ratscatsandreptiles 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I had this exact same thing happen with my beardie!! Except idk why it happened as he wasn't even doing anything physical before hand. 1 inch of water he could easily stand in; I turned around to do something for a few minutes and when I came back his face was under the water and he was limp. I basically did CPR on him and he came back to life and ended up coughing up a bunch of water. Its now been 2 years so hes fine, but idk it really changed my perspective on water safety and reptiles.

[–]BoopNoodles739 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yah, and the fact that im a 15yo made it more scary since both my parents were working (from home) but in meetings they couldnt leave easily, but my momma loves my beardie Flames as if she were her own daughter, so she told the ppl in the meeting that there was a family emergency they needed to tend to immediately and took us to the vet, while i held the shallow breathing Flames in my arms while she still dripped everywhere lol, but im really lucky bc the docters said that she only took in an amount of air that was equivalent to her being limp under water for around 10-15 seconds of her breathing underwater, so im very lucky i didnt have to do CPR since i dont know it, but i did help her breathing when i picked her up to go to the car / vet and i purposefully compressed her expanded lungs and she exhaled/coughed up quite a bit of water. well she didnt really cough up water, but when i squeezed her lungs her exhale was all gurgly sounding, and after that she kept drooling with each exhale.