Arcanefate
08-12-2006, 01:18 PM
I recently noticed, while feeding my Normal adult female on Thursday, that she has an odd lump near her cloaca.
I asked my vet about it over the phone since I couldn't get out of work early enough yesterday. He thought it was an impaction, which is what I originally thought, but today there was a defecation in her tub. It looked completely normal, and the lump is still there.
She also ate that meal on Thursday same as always, with gusto.
Any ideas? Has anyone else seen this before?
The vet is closed for the weekend, so I am stuck until Monday. The nearest Emergency vet is 4 hours away and a minimum of $250 for exotics (which they consider most if not all snakes to be :shrugs: ). She is acting completely normal, and doesn't seem to notice the lump, so I am not terrably worried. I also am not sure it justifies an emergency visit if she both ate and defecated normally.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/b153b964.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/27880546.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/e8dab911.jpghttp://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/3ab5ae1b.jpghttp://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/3a1f7077.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/9a181a51.jpg
I realize the photos are HUGE, but I wanted to blow them up so that the lump was more defined.
I asked my vet about it over the phone since I couldn't get out of work early enough yesterday. He thought it was an impaction, which is what I originally thought, but today there was a defecation in her tub. It looked completely normal, and the lump is still there.
She also ate that meal on Thursday same as always, with gusto.
Any ideas? Has anyone else seen this before?
The vet is closed for the weekend, so I am stuck until Monday. The nearest Emergency vet is 4 hours away and a minimum of $250 for exotics (which they consider most if not all snakes to be :shrugs: ). She is acting completely normal, and doesn't seem to notice the lump, so I am not terrably worried. I also am not sure it justifies an emergency visit if she both ate and defecated normally.
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/b153b964.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/27880546.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/e8dab911.jpghttp://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/3ab5ae1b.jpghttp://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/3a1f7077.jpg
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j111/LRenDini/Strange/9a181a51.jpg
I realize the photos are HUGE, but I wanted to blow them up so that the lump was more defined.