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[31 Oct 2009|06:17pm] |
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The Maryland Wildlife Rehabilitators Association had their annual meeting/classes today. Yes, I was there, I'm pretty much expected to be. I looked at the list of expected speakers and topics (and, as usual, there was one who bowed out at the last minute), and figured it would be another meeting where I was going to be bored most of the day. Turns out, I wasn't. Even the topics that weren't directly pertaining to me, I found interesting. Yes, I learned shit.
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| Of greedy snakes and turtle cloacas |
[30 Oct 2009|03:48pm] |
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So, this garter snake with paralysis issues, or partial paralysis issues we've had for a while. Yes, it seems to have trouble moving it's mid-lower body around. *not* it's tail below the affected area, I mean distally from about halfway down to about 2/3 or maybe 3/4 of the way distally from the head. Anyway, it's been refusing to eat, among other issues. Until we tried earthworms. I have never seen this snake so responsive as when I put an earthworm in to feed it today. Yes, that includes when it's struck at me because it didn't like me moving it around. I hope this means that the purported semi-paralysis is no longer any sort of issue.
Preparation H: it's not just for you mammals. Yes, today I got the joy of inserting a lubed cannula into a turtle's cloaca in order to administer Preparation H. How exciting is that?
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