Fierce Jungle Cat
Found the snake. Got home from a good date to find the cat . . . not running to meet me at the door. Huh. Tessa? . . . Turn on lights. Cat is agitated about something over there. Ah hah!
After putting on gloves I rescued the snake from the cat, or was it the other way around? Tessa's eyes seem to be fine, but Coral is definitely the worse for wear. She's got a lot of gashes, not too deep and not bleeding and not swollen, but red. She's starting to shed her skin and some of it has been torn off before its time, but she seems functional. I stuck her in the tank and changed the water, which was good because she made a beeline for it and gulped for a long time. Jasper was mildly interested in the return of his mate, but he's giving her space and went up onto his branch. I think Coral told him about the big world outside though because he's probing the screen mesh like he hasn't done since he was young. Coral rehydrated, checked the mesh to see if she could get out again, and is now hiding behind the water bowl.
I hope she's ok and doesn't get sick from the cat's claws, which are not the cleanest in the world. I don't think I could afford to get her antibiotic shots, but what else could I do?
After putting on gloves I rescued the snake from the cat, or was it the other way around? Tessa's eyes seem to be fine, but Coral is definitely the worse for wear. She's got a lot of gashes, not too deep and not bleeding and not swollen, but red. She's starting to shed her skin and some of it has been torn off before its time, but she seems functional. I stuck her in the tank and changed the water, which was good because she made a beeline for it and gulped for a long time. Jasper was mildly interested in the return of his mate, but he's giving her space and went up onto his branch. I think Coral told him about the big world outside though because he's probing the screen mesh like he hasn't done since he was young. Coral rehydrated, checked the mesh to see if she could get out again, and is now hiding behind the water bowl.
I hope she's ok and doesn't get sick from the cat's claws, which are not the cleanest in the world. I don't think I could afford to get her antibiotic shots, but what else could I do?