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

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.

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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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

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

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

http://cellar.org/2006/pythonxray2.jpg

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

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

:cool:

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.

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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.

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

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.

Golf's a habit. Like heroin or cocaine.

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. :D