Worried about Earl

[Catherine]

I don't think there is anything he can take for pain. Snakes do not medicate very well. He seemed unsettled yesterday so he may have been in pain, but he was quiet later. He is mostly fading because I don't think he can eat. Reptiles go long periods without food anyhow, but in this case he is getting very thin very fast.

I hope he can pass naturally in his own home. However I am going to look around for options. I might not be able to leave him, it might not be the kind thing to do. I am just trying to read his body language and sense how he is feeling. I think when he is relaxed he is comfortable.

Snakes are a little harder to communicate with. I do check on him many times a day, so he knows I am near. It is the best I can do.