Meet Silas, the pop-eyed albino Burmese - Page 3

Ch^4 · 12-25-10, 10:43 AM

Keep those pics a coming!

Will0W783 · 01-02-11, 08:49 PM

Some more Silas pics! He was in blue since Wednesday, and has been getting daily soaks to help him along. I suspect he had been kept too dry and want to help him have a good shed, and he really seems to enjoy the water. I can put him in the tub, and he'll just chill out in there all day if I'd let him. I've been limiting him to 20 minutes so the water doesn't get too cold. All his white turned pink in prep for the shed, so he looks rather like a big ol' hunk of rainbow sherbet, lol.
This afternoon the shed started to come off. He shed the back half of his body in one long piece, but he actually started to shed from about midpoint; he hasn't started on the face yet. I've never seen a snake start to shed from midbody before...maybe it's because his skin is still healing on the front half (where most of his scars are)?

Anyway, here he is. Is that not the most beautiful sight to find in your tub?

Ch^4 · 01-02-11, 09:27 PM

He looks so happy and yes, probably the most beautiful sight to see in your tub!

Good work!

percey39 · 01-02-11, 09:33 PM

Very nice Kim. You have got me all jealous once again!! I would love to have a bath with a big sexy snake lol.

Jenn_06 · 01-02-11, 10:08 PM

my burm has a long scare on her neck and most of the time to last place that sheds.

and yours is looking good cant wait to see more after shed.

Lankyrob · 01-03-11, 05:48 AM

Much rather find that in my tub than the bloody spider that was in there last night!! It was HUUGGGEEE!!!

Will0W783 · 01-03-11, 01:03 PM

Was it a pet spider or a stowaway, Rob? I personally love spiders. I have 3 pet tarantulas and would own more if the fiance wasn't so freaked out by them, lol.

Jenn, the people that had him before me gave him to a friend of theirs to breed, and the guy didn't have him secured in his cage. The snake busted out through the screen top and tore a bunch of scales off his neck right behind his head. There is also a spot about 1/3 of the way down him that is scaleless and healing. The top of his head also looks as though it was cut at some point and the scales are tight and pinched there. I think that this is contributing to his pop eyes.

Lankyrob · 01-03-11, 01:27 PM

Some sort of native wild spider willow, its weird i can hold a tarantula with no worries and love them yet i cant pick up a spider an inch wide from the bath!!!

Jenn_06 · 01-03-11, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Will0W783

The snake busted out through the screen top and tore a bunch of scales off his neck right behind his head. There is also a spot about 1/3 of the way down him that is scaleless and healing. The top of his head also looks as though it was cut at some point and the scales are tight and pinched there. I think that this is contributing to his pop eyes.

Aww poor baby, i dont know what happend to mines, the person who had her 1st might try to feed her a meal that was too big or she just riped open when killing a rat.

Will0W783 · 01-03-11, 02:06 PM

Aww, poor thing. People are so stupid with animals sometimes. I don't think the people I got Silas from were intentionally being cruel- just really really stupid and totally lacking in common sense. It seems that after the mite treatments his one eye has receded a bit. We'll see how they look when the rest of his shed comes off. I also need to see how his scutes look. He had a couple odd spots on them, but I can't tell if it's just dirt and crud that got embedded in his belly scales or if he's got a fungal infection from living in his own filth.

Reptile_Reptile · 01-03-11, 03:41 PM

some people need help.

Will0W783 · 01-03-11, 06:12 PM

Some people need a major a$$ whooping, is what they need. Grrr!

Will0W783 · 01-03-11, 09:12 PM

..........and still more tub pics! I got the rest of the skin off of him in the tub. He looks a lot better now- most of the dark spots came off with the shed, so I'm thinking it was just dirt (idiot previous owners..want to punch them!). However, there are several large pink areas where the scales didn't completely grow back yet, and one spot that still has me concerned (it has a bit of gray crustiness to it) so I will be calling the vet tomorrow to get him checked. On the plus side, his left eye seems almost normal...right one is still buggier, but not as bad as it was. Sorry the color is kind of dark and dull in the pics, but they were taken with my phone, and it doesn't do well when it's dark, but not dark enough to kick on the flash.

Jenn_06 · 01-04-11, 06:00 AM

YAY for his eyes getting better.

Ch^4 · 01-04-11, 11:33 AM

Good to hear that he is mostly okay and let us know what you find out from the vet!

He's such a handsome snake...I can't wait to see some macro-pics of him!