Ive got a question that Im stumped on. Two days ago I acquired a ~ 6 foot Boa constrictor imperator from a local guy who had the animal dropped off on his doorstep one day out of the blue a few days ago. I had posted looking for snakes for O. hannah food and he contacted me asking me if I wanted it because the animal was in bad shape and was very mean and he wanted to be rid of it. So I picked it up and it was in rough shape. It had severe nose rub and the worst respiratory infection Ive ever seen. The mouth was severely swollen and as I had acquired the animal to use as king food, my plan had been to euthanize it. In my attempt to come up with the best way to euthanize the animal I decided that a lethal infection would possibly be the best and most humane way. Therefore, I diluted 114 mg of Naja kaouthia venom into 1 ml of saline and injected the solution 1/2 in into the animals brain right behind the eye. Operating under the LD50 of 0.53 mg/kg for Naja kaouthia the injection wouldve been about ~20 times the lethal dose for the animal. So i anticipated immediate death, if not at least immediate paralysis. 1 hour later the animal was still moving, and still capable of striking as it struck at me multiple times. Im curious if anyone can conjure an explanation? Because Im stump.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 00:40:00 +0000
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