They are! I was able to get in touch with Emily and they are taking her in to get the surgery. I am driving her up to Schaumburg this weekend and have already transferred her vet records to their vet. I am very happy and hopeful that the surgery will go well.
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That’s wonderful news!! She’s so fortunate to have such a caring human who did everything possible, then made arrangements to get her cared for further. Hopefully the snake will make a full recovery. 
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Thats awesome to hear! And was really cool to find out my patreon money will be going to help out this girl ive been reading about for so long 
small world haha
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Handed her off to Emily & Ed yesterday. They will get her the surgery she needs, and I really hope it goes well! If not, at least she will hopefully pass under anesthesia. It’s the best outcome I could have hoped for in this situation.
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I don’t know if they agreed to give updates or anything, but if not and you’d like, I’d be willing to stop by their facility and check up on her/report back next time I head up there.
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You’re super sweet! I’m friends with Emily on FB, so she’ll be keeping me updated! They may also make a video about her as a cautionary “don’t get into breeding lightly because this kind of thing can happen” recovery story, so I really hope she does well in surgery.
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Glad to hear you’ll be getting updates! A video would be great, I know that YouTube has been inspiring a lot of folks to get into breeding without much experience/research, so it would be a good lesson to document. I’ll be keeping you and her in my thoughts, we’ve got some great herp vets around here, so she’ll be in great hands and have the best chance at getting through all of this!
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Awwwwww. God bless you @inspirationexotics for going the extra mile for your sweet girl! I really have a feeling that she is going to come out of this and go on to live a healthy life. She will make a great ambassador for the “do your homework before you breed” campaign.
All the best to you and her! 
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Hopefully they’ll do a video and y’all will get a longer update, but she had surgery today, came through it well and is being monitored overnight for pickup to go back to SD tomorrow! Emily sent me pictures of the stuff the vet removed. 6-7 infected follicles, the remains of those two rotting eggs, and some really gross tissue inside the oviduct. Fingers crossed that she will recover and find a wonderful pet home with someone, which is all I ever wanted for her!
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So pleased to hear she made it throught! Hopefully her recovery is uneventful and in a couple of weeks/months she’s fit and ready to find a new home!
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Me too. I also think it’s a GREAT opportunity to challenge the “if it eats, poops, and breeds it must be fine” mentality for monitoring wellbeing in reptiles. This girl was eating, passing normal bowel movements, and making new follicles to try to breed again with a raging infection that would have killed her given a couple more months.
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Oh most definitely! My spayed eggbound girl was the same, they will straight up act perfectly fine until their bodies start shutting down and so many keepers, new and old, don’t necessarily realize. Education is the key to changing the way people think about illness in snakes, and to show exactly how much they’re capable of hiding.
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That wonderful news is literally over the moon! I’m so happy that she made it through her surgery and her future looks bright @inspirationexotics! 
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That’s really excellent news! I’m so glad that has made it through the surgery. I do hope that she will make a complete recovery.
You’re absolutely right, @inspirationexotics and @noodlehaus . Reptiles hide their symptoms and continue to try and life life as usual until their bodies simply cannot keep going an longer. I had an eggbound female who was eating, drinking, pooping and acting pretty much as usual despite a raging infection which had ruptured her oviduct and spread to her spleen and kidneys among other things. Behavior isn’t a reliable indication of illness in reptiles. Not that we should ignore their behavior; just the opposite, in fact. Paying attention to subtle signs is crucial to their wellbeing. If we wait until trouble is obvious, it may be too late.
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I’m so glad to hear she made it through surgery well, hopfully the rest of her recovery will be smooth!
While it’s an unfortunate event, this is such a great educational opportunity on both the risks of breeding as well as how well snakes can hide illness and injury, so it’s great that both you and Emily are being open and sharing the story so that others can learn from it.
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I have gotten multiple updates from Emily now and it’s nearly a month after surgery! She is doing great. Eating, normal bowel movements, and she just had a good shed. All seems well and I’m really thankful.
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I just saw Zinnia the ball python up for adoption on the Snake Discovery live adoption event going on on YouTube! They want her picked up in person or at the St Louis NARBC so they can complete the case study video they’ve been doing on her.
She looked FANTASTIC!
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I didn’t realize she was in there, I’m about to watch it. That’s amazing! They’ve taken such good care of her and I am overjoyed that she is doing well.
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That’s an awesome followup to everything!
I hope she finds a great home.
@inspirationexotics thank you also for being a great owner and knowing when to take that initiative. It’s difficult having to make huge decisions like that and realize that things are just not something you can control anymore. Giving them up is difficult but sometimes (and in this case obviously) is the best choice.
I’ll be looking forward to her video release.
It’s definitely a good warning for anyone considering breeding… But also to casual owners as well. Females can still get ovulation complications without having been bred, so knowing the signs is a good thing.
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