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Death Question
- Thread starter Cam5
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From what I have been reading I have a sneaking, sick feeling that crpto was the cause.
As I read more and more peoples accounts, in hindsight we had noticed a small mid belly bump, thought it was just undigested food and were just very relieved he was eating and figured his system was meerly digesting slower since he had been off food for so long.
Everything went to heck in a handbasket right after his vet checkup. So perhaps the sexing probe was infected or he already was a carrier and the stress brought on the decline...??? :shrugs:
As I read more and more peoples accounts, in hindsight we had noticed a small mid belly bump, thought it was just undigested food and were just very relieved he was eating and figured his system was meerly digesting slower since he had been off food for so long.
Everything went to heck in a handbasket right after his vet checkup. So perhaps the sexing probe was infected or he already was a carrier and the stress brought on the decline...??? :shrugs:
sandybunny
Bigger house=more snakes!
What exactly is crypto?
A microscopic parasite. There are different strains for reptiles, mammals, humans etc.
There appears to be no cure...just euthinasia. In humans we get diarrhea etc.
It can apparently lie dormant, not causing the snake any trouble until it becomes stressed at some point.
To diagnose you would need to know to ask for a gastric lavage as the fecal samples are not accurate.
I had searched "belly bump" and this site and it came up...
If you go to the Search and enter crypto or cryptosporidium there are a few great threads with a lot of information...
There appears to be no cure...just euthinasia. In humans we get diarrhea etc.
It can apparently lie dormant, not causing the snake any trouble until it becomes stressed at some point.
To diagnose you would need to know to ask for a gastric lavage as the fecal samples are not accurate.
I had searched "belly bump" and this site and it came up...
If you go to the Search and enter crypto or cryptosporidium there are a few great threads with a lot of information...
carolinacorn69
Corn, King & Royals
the green spot will just be the start of it decomposing, and the swelling is also part, the stomach fills with gas and it swells. I see this alot doing taxidermy, animals that have been picked up on the road that are starting to rot always have a green swolen belly.
I cant help you with the cause of death.
Very sorry to hear about your loss.
I cant help you with the cause of death.
Very sorry to hear about your loss.
MegF.
That's for sale???
Well, whether or not it was related to being at the vet is unknown. You could have a thousand snakes go to the vet and get stressed in the same way and yet recover. I think in most cases (this was a thread here) that most of our snakes are harboring crypto and it remains a dormant asymptomatic disease. Much like a lot of the bacterias we carry in our bodies. Some animals for whatever reason, stress, a depressed immune system, whatever, will end up with the active form of the disease. As stated though, I understand that even if they have it, you can sometimes test negative for it and it requires 3-4 tests to confirm. The oocytes have to be present to test positive and they don't always shed them at the time you're testing.
One question though: How big a snake was your 3 year old? Was he undersized or about average for his age? There is a variable in size, but most 3 year olds run about the same size give or take maybe 6 inches. I'm just wondering if he was a case that just maybe never thrived even with perfect care. I know he was eating and such, but was he growing normally with the food he was getting etc? Just trying to see if perhaps there was something that might point to his not surviving.
One question though: How big a snake was your 3 year old? Was he undersized or about average for his age? There is a variable in size, but most 3 year olds run about the same size give or take maybe 6 inches. I'm just wondering if he was a case that just maybe never thrived even with perfect care. I know he was eating and such, but was he growing normally with the food he was getting etc? Just trying to see if perhaps there was something that might point to his not surviving.
I guess part of pets is loss and not always being able to control when that loss happens...but even knowing that does not "make it better".
Stretchy was about 42 inches (give or take a curve) and weighed 343 grams about one week prior. Is this small?
(Before he went off food he was 353 grams, dropped to 328 grams and was regainging after he'd resumed eating)
Stretchy was about 42 inches (give or take a curve) and weighed 343 grams about one week prior. Is this small?
(Before he went off food he was 353 grams, dropped to 328 grams and was regainging after he'd resumed eating)
