7/20/2006: Python eats electric blanket - Page 2

Trilby · 07-20-2006, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by dar512

Anyone have a python? I'm wondering how long it took to eat this thing -- and where the owner was.

Says it probably took the python SIX hours to eat the thing.

KinkyVixen · 07-20-2006, 04:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Undertoad

Facts culled from other news stories on the event:

- The blanket was in the cage for warmth; Beznoska thinks it got caught up in the snake's regular food.
- It probably took the snake 6 hours to eat the thing, and it took them 2 hours to take it out.- The blanket was lodged in about 8 feet of the 12-foot snake; the incision to remove it was a foot and a half.
- It had been plugged in.

Somehow the snake unplugged it.

dar512 · 07-20-2006, 08:49 PM

You ladies should have replied with a loud RTFA - and I would have had to take it like a man. Mea culpa.

I did read it, I just forgot that it had that tidbit in there.

Hoof Hearted · 07-20-2006, 10:01 PM

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Originally Posted by findpolitics

what a waste of surgical skills and money when 20% of americans have no medical coverage at all!

Veterinarians treat animals. Doctors treat humans. What is a veterinarian supposed to do for a human patient that a Dr cannot? Why can these people not see Drs? Why is a veterinarian's skills "wasted"?
There are PLENTY of human Doctors to treat us. I don't see a veterinarian's skills as a waste at all, especially considering the (un-medical coverage) care I give my animals. My choice. Do you not think if a veterinarian were a Dr that your 20% of people would not still be faced with the same problem?
I really don't care much for most of the whining people in America who think things are OWED to them. I'd rather keep my pets healthy as they give me joy.
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footfootfoot · 07-21-2006, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Elspode

Or is pet ownership a crime against humanity as well?

Off the top of my head, I think Helen and Scott Nearing were of that opinion, or close to it.

And pet ownership, as practiced by some of my neighbors, is a crime against humanity.:p

LabRat · 07-21-2006, 10:39 AM

Score another one for the Cellar in the "you heard it here first" catagory...

Good Morning America (I think*) interviewed the owner and the vet this morning. But it was already old news to me.

*wasn't really paying attention

BigV · 07-21-2006, 10:45 AM

Yes, LabRat, I had the same experience. Also with the Landis / Tour de France story, and Middle East updates too. Very educational.

Undertoad · 07-21-2006, 10:47 AM

xoB sends along this larger version of the xray photo, from the wapo.

Shawnee123 · 07-21-2006, 11:00 AM

Sad thing was...snake ate the owner a week before he ate the blanket. No one cared about the owner.

Shawnee
Founder and President: Save the Blankets Foundation

Spexxvet · 07-21-2006, 12:38 PM

Usually there's a post about eating an animal that shouldn't be eaten. This is a thread about an animal eating something that shouldn't be eaten. Ironic.

findpolitics · 07-21-2006, 01:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Beestie

With the knowledge the medical community has gained from this horrible tragedy, the cost of treating humans who swallow electric blankets ...

LOL

I didn't mean for my post to seem to serious. I've just been pondering a lot lately about our (mine included) silly priorities and expenditures.

Surgery for a pet snake who swallowed an electric blanket just seemed to an exciting and extreme case of our societal wackiness.

MaggieL · 07-21-2006, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by findpolitics

Surgery for a pet snake who swallowed an electric blanket just seemed to an exciting and extreme case of our societal wackiness.

Depends how much the snake was worth. Priced a python lately?

glatt · 07-21-2006, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by findpolitics

I've just been pondering a lot lately about our (mine included) silly priorities and expenditures.

My brother used to complain about how much money americans spend each year on golf, and if they would just put that money into his favorite space program, we could really make some progress. The number he quoted me was astronomical. In the multiple billions, I think.

Pie · 07-21-2006, 05:45 PM

Golf's a habit. Like heroin or cocaine.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-21-2006, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

My brother used to complain about how much money americans spend each year on golf, ~snip

Golf must be expensive.... a Florida vet is going to (actually has by now) operate on this Yellow Rat snake to retrieve a golf ball.

07-20-2006, 08:49 PM	#18
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	You ladies should have replied with a loud RTFA - and I would have had to take it like a man. Mea culpa. I did read it, I just forgot that it had that tidbit in there. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-21-2006, 10:39 AM	#21
LabRat twatfaced two legged bumhole Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 3,143	Score another one for the Cellar in the "you heard it here first" catagory... Good Morning America (I think) interviewed the owner and the vet this morning. But it was already old news to me. wasn't really paying attention __________________ Strength does not come from how much weight you can lift, or how many miles you can run. It comes from knowing that you set a goal, and rose to the challenge. Strength comes from within.

07-21-2006, 10:45 AM	#22
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Yes, LabRat, I had the same experience. Also with the Landis / Tour de France story, and Middle East updates too. Very educational. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-21-2006, 11:00 AM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Sad thing was...snake ate the owner a week before he ate the blanket. No one cared about the owner. Shawnee Founder and President: Save the Blankets Foundation __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

07-21-2006, 12:38 PM	#25
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Usually there's a post about eating an animal that shouldn't be eaten. This is a thread about an animal eating something that shouldn't be eaten. Ironic. __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

07-21-2006, 10:47 AM	#23
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	xoB sends along this larger version of the xray photo, from the wapo.

07-21-2006, 05:45 PM	#29
Pie Gone and done Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 4,808	Golf's a habit. Like heroin or cocaine. __________________ per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not.

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