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> rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Rod B. Mitchell) Subject: Nervous system disorder?
> Feb 1995 03:28:58 GMT
> Organization: Illinois State University
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> I have a problem that is becoming very hard for me to solve. Here goes:
> First of all I have to admit something, I work a pet store and am
> in charge of taking care of the herps. I know that there are soooo
> many people against pet stores selling reptiles but the owner of where
> I work would sell the weather I worked there or not. So I might as
> well try my damndest to keep the herps happy otherwise who knows who
> will. Right? Well this leads me to my problem. We have a couple
> of snakes that have contracted a weird disease.
> First let me describe the two snakes: A baby burm and a baby retic.
> And for the decription of there symptoms: Well to put in short they
> tie themselves in knots. The don't eat.(Willingfully) Both of them
> don't really move, they just lie on the floor of the quarantine tank
> all tied up in a knot. I have been taking them to a local herp vet
> that is fairly good with herps, but by no means the best. But I do
> trust him. He has been injecting them with Baytril to see if the
> problem could possibly be bacterial. The problem is this: the owner
> of the store is is kinda a tight s.o.b. about money. I think I
> have gotten him to let me get some testing done to find out what this
> is but what I need to know is what test do I need to do to find out
> what this is? And how much will they cost?
> Just a little more on the symptoms: When you pick one up it seems
> to always turn its head sharply to the left or right and try to turn
> it upside down. This is really wierd is it not?
> Please help!!!
> Thank you in advance!!!!
> Rod