Opinions on this bulge

[aztek]

Is this normal? Or is his a little to big? It's the middlemost part.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/ballcorn.jpg

It does go in when you poke it, it just looks like that when it hangs. But the rest of the body does not, that's why I ask.

[Susan]

If that bulge is not due to a recent meal, I would highly recommend you have your snake seen by a herp vet as that is not normal.

[wade]

If it is due to a meal, quit poking him

[aztek]

It's not do to a meal.

[wade]

Then to answer your question, that definitely is not normal. The snakes stomach is about in the middle of the snake. I would think about things like impacted wood shavings for the viv floor. Maybe a digestion problem with a mouse waiting to be puked.

It's not good what ever it is.

[djfreebase]

Then to answer your question, that definitely is not normal. The snakes stomach is about in the middle of the snake. I would think about things like impacted wood shavings for the viv floor. Maybe a digestion problem with a mouse waiting to be puked.

It's not good what ever it is.

Im with Wade on this one, my thought is impaction. Do you feed your snake in a separate tank?

[aztek]

Yes, I do feed it in a separate tank. It has regurged though.
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a347/aztec_vamp/viv.jpg :(

[rolandslf]

Bad news my friend, I would strongly argue a case of impaction.
Get that beauty to a good herp vet post haste before your next post is in memorium.

Ciao

[Kokopelli]

I'm with the others- go see a vet. It might also be a blockage in the intestines, or a tumor of some sort(probably not cancerous but maybe filled with fluid)

I imagine the snake will be X-rayed.

[Drizzt80]

It doesn't look like a bulge to me so much as an unnatural curvature of the spine. Looks as though there is a kink dorsally to the left (on the picture) and the back curves downward dorsally as well as ventrally. I'm wondering if it's more of a spine problem as the OP state the bulge goes inward when pushed . . . wouldn't an impaction be more solid?! :shrugs:

D80

[Kokopelli]

Whatever it is, I hope he'll pull through alright.
Best of luck

[aztek]

I held him up to the light and I did not see any visible obstructions...
That doesn't mean anything but still. And it only happens when I hang it like that. I just noticed it because it looked like that when I picked it up.

[Corny Noob]

So originally this was 3 days ago, what's going on now, vet appointment yet?

[aztek]

It went away.

[ssmith_1187]

It went away.

I would still recommend what the others have said...seek a professional opinion. If nothing else request a diagonstic X-ray. The blockage if indeed it is one or spinal curvature, might have changed shape and is no longer visible to the naked eye.

Regards,
Steve

[aztek]

Anyone have a list of vets that accept reptiles here?

[ssmith_1187]

Anyone have a list of vets that accept reptiles here?

Start here:

http://www.herpvetconnection.com/

Regards,
Steve

[aztek]

Thank you.

[ssmith_1187]

Thank you.

You're quite welcome.

Regards,
Steve