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Post by Wade » Mon, 05 Feb 1996 04:00:00



Quote:

> My snow corn that hasn't kept food down for two and 1/2 months is suddenly
> contorting itself seemingly in pain.  Its moving wildly with its mouth open
> tying itself in nots and contorting itself.  What if anything can I do???
> Please Help

> Wade

        There's no need for ergency...  I just watched him die.  It
seemed painful.  What could have caused this and are the other two
snakes that were with him at risk?  
        Symptoms, He was a small snake about 5 months old but not very
much bigger than when I got him.  He would eat like a pig, hold it a
couple of days and then give it back to me.  This had gone on for a
couple of months.  His neck, just below the head, turned a reddish
color (trauma from another snake?).  Just about an hour ago he went into
what I would call a convulsion and then went limp.  He kept breathing
for a while and then just stopped.
        I feel really badly that I didn't know what to do.  

        Do you think he starved to death?  He kept eating and I assumed
at least some of it was going down.  And too I have heard of snakes
going several months not eating though this snake was young.  If you
have any insight into what happened let me know...  I'll miss him.

Wade

 
 
 

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Post by Wade » Mon, 05 Feb 1996 04:00:00


My snow corn that hasn't kept food down for two and 1/2 months is suddenly
contorting itself seemingly in pain.  Its moving wildly with its mouth open
tying itself in nots and contorting itself.  What if anything can I do???
Please Help

Wade

 
 
 

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Post by Brian Mon » Tue, 06 Feb 1996 04:00:00


Please.  Take this animal to a veterinarian and get a post-mortem done.  
This is an interesting case, and may have relevance to other cases, but
we (veterinarians) will never know unless the corpse can be studied.

Brian

 
 
 

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Post by Julie Siebe » Mon, 12 Feb 1996 04:00:00


:       There's no need for ergency...  I just watched him die.  It
: seemed painful.  What could have caused this and are the other two
: snakes that were with him at risk?  

I would *seriously* consider taking the other two snakes into the vet for
a checkup...including fecal.  Are they having eating problems as well?

Why just watch your pet die painfully when a trip to the vet can cost as
little as $30 for a checkup?

Julie

 
 
 

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Post by BOGIEM » Thu, 15 Feb 1996 04:00:00



Quote:
(Julie Sieberg) writes:

>Why just watch your pet die painfully when a trip to the vet can cost as
>little as $30 for a checkup?

     More like $50-$60.  But still as a responsible pet owner even $250 to
do everything you can to save your animal. No matter the cost of a
replacement. Don't just watch it die do something.

  Rusty