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| badwool |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 13:06:51
Hi guys,
Just thought I would tell you all what happened today due to my stupid negligence.
I setup my GTP in another tank - a plastic pennine viv to hold in the humidity because his shed was taking far too long and the exo terra seemed to dry out too quickly.
I have real plants in so purchased a UV tube to help them grow.
I was left with excess cable so I used a large peice of sticky backed velcro to secure the excess wire to the roof ( you can see where this is going )
Anyway the GTP decided to use the cable as a pirch and his weight over time removed the sticky pad away from the roof of the viv.
I have a panicked call from my partner an hour ago to say that he was dangling down with the tape covering half of his face including his eye and a portion of his body.
***** the image below is quite distressing so please dont look if you dont want to******
As you can see he was in very real danger of losing his eye!!!!
FORTUNATELY due to the quick thinking of my partner, she managed, with constant spraying, remove the tape ( partly because he was in shed )..
I havent been able to examine the damage as I wanted to leave him in peace with the lights out but he somehow seems ok..
please please please if you have ANY sticky tape or whatever in your rubs/vivs/tanks remove it straight away....
I feel sick thinking about how much of a****I am for letting this happen. |
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| Pythonwizard |
Posted - 09/01/2013 : 15:50:51
thanks for this post i used going to remove it didnt half know about the dangers feel like ****
very well needed post |
| Foremand |
Posted - 09/01/2013 : 13:21:20
Good thinking I say. With my lose cables. On my thread for my boa. My cables were held onto the tank by aqua mate. Squeeze a bit on n push cable in middle. Apply more I'd so. Found it to be safer :) |
| badwool |
Posted - 09/01/2013 : 09:52:52
thanks guys,
pleased to say he is looking much better today, and his shed is going well now in his new humid setup.
still havent placed the UV light back into his setup yet as I wanted to give him a day or two in darkness just so he could feel secure again.
so happy he didnt regurge. |
| Nicola |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 23:15:57
Awe I'm so glad he's unstuck and ok! Thankfully he was in shed too. It's one of this things we learn from and thank you for sharing. I've read posts about tape before so have been aware not to use it... And then after reading this, it occurred to me that the cheap dial thermometer I had (I now have digitel) is still in Cecil's house and it's held on with a a very sticky double sided glue tape!!!! It's what it came with so I've never even questioned it till now! And he loves climbing on that dial! I'm am worried sick and mortified that I didn't realise this sooner.... I'm not home until tomorrow and it's coming straight out when I get there! x |
| Cookie |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 20:32:45
Aww the poor dude hope he's ok when you get a chance to check on him! But as everyone has already said, it's a mistake anyone could have made, but thanks to you we can avoid this. I myself had used tape in my tank too! I used it when trying to stick the probe to the side of the tank but thankfully it wouldn't stick or I could have found myself in a similar situation! |
| Kelfezond |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 20:24:23
Remember their eyes don't work like ours they have a nice strong spectacle scale that covers the eye for exactly this reason (Well not somebody sticking tape on it - but regular damage from foliage etc.) so don't threat too much about it - good for sharing :) |
| Lotabob |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 19:52:26
Sharing mistakes is what makes us all learn. That could have happened to any one of us so dont beat yourself up. Water or cooking oil (any variety you have to hand) is the best stuff to remove anything adhesive from anything else. If I remember rightly the adhesive on these pads are more gooey/tacky sticky than bonding sticky and being in shed too should keep any damage to a minimum. |
| jbarlow91 |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 17:04:37
At least he is ok now mate everyone makes mistakes. Its like they say when keeping reps its all a big learning curve as long as we learn from our mistakes everything will be ok :) |
| jonoandapril |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 16:54:46
everybody makes mistakes mate, you didnt know the snkae would use it as a perch. if there is no harm done and you have learned something from the experience then dont beat yourself up to much... and buy the gtp a new branch or something as an apology! |
| kev 5 |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 15:45:22
really hope he is o.k |
| badwool |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 14:54:12
pretty ****ing ashamed to be honest.
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| herriotfan |
Posted - 08/01/2013 : 14:42:20
Thank goodness your other half was able to help. I really hope the snake is ok now.
Thanks for being brave enough to post about this.....let's hope it prevents it happening to anyone else.
It must have taken a lot of courage to admit your own failings to try and help others, I take my hat off to you. |
