He died!!!! Is fluffy at risk?

[reptile_addict]

My blood python was soaking in his dish all night. When I woke up he was dead as a door nail. He was still in the dish this morning. I have had him for about 2-3 weeks and he has been acting wierd the last week. Where can I go to find out how he died? Is my corn at risk for the same thing?

:crying: :crying: :crying:

 

[hediki]

sorry to here, if he had that python sickness (i forget wat it was) i would be comnicable to other pythons not corns but just be careful, o i found it http://www.anapsid.org/ball.html its at Inclusion Body Disease / Quarantine near the bottom.

 

[reptile_addict]

thanks, He is a blood not a ball does that matter? I have lost 2 snakes in 4 days now and I am sitting here in tears!!!! My mom feels bad even though she doesn't like snakes and may help me get a couple new corns this month.


I may take the blood back to the petstore after I get the test results in.

 

[hediki]

its comunicable between all pythons. i would be crying too when my snake had to go i was in tears for a day i no how u feel.

 

[starwarsdad]

An experienced herp vet can perform a necropsy to try to determine the cause of death.

 

[slippery]

you werent feeding it wild crows and porupines and whatever else it was you wanted to feed?? Truly sorry about your loss, i have to take my girlfriends friends water dragon to the vet today, and i dont think she is gonna give me good news, as my girlfriends friend let the wd get servere MBD. sorry to hear about your loss

 

[slippery]

small crows, robins? These things are almost all feather. I shoot them and pluck them all the time for food. I just took up the chicks to the pe store and fed them to the snakes and the desert phase adult corn too one of these chicks with no problem. We fed them to kings, boas, and a woma. So much fun!!!!!

this is what i meant by the wild animal comment.

 

[TrpnBils]

Sorry to hear about your python.

I don't mean to sound like an ass by asking this, but was it its regular water dish or a different one to put him in to help with a bad shed or something? My reason for asking is that a couple weeks ago (don't remember if it was on this forum or another one) somebody soaked their corn to help with a bad shed. They thought they had to soak them for hours on end so they left him in a bigger dish (bucket, I believe, so it couldn't get out) overnight and it drowned. That was the first thing that came to mind when I read the very first sentence of your first post. If you take it to a vet, let us know what you found out.

 

[princess]

Can I make a suggestion? I feel bad for your situation. I've never had anything like this happen to me (knock on wood) but I'm sure it's horrible. BEFORE you go out and get any more snakes, how about giving everything and anything that came into contact with ANY of your snakes a super good scrub and bleach to get rid of any pathogens that might be lurking. Then have necroscopies done on the dead snakes to see what killed them, then have fecal or/and blood tests done on your current snakes and treat them for anything they could be carrying, then let it go a month at least...

Then you could get another snake if you wish to, but remember to quarantine it in another room with totally it's own equipment for 3 months and have tests done to make sure you're not introducing any new bugs into the system. I'm really sorry for your loss but it will start to get better...

 

[slippery]

as princess said, if your snakes are dying, then instead of getting more and possibly having them die, spend your money and figure out what happened. good luck with everything

 

[CAV]

Sorry to hear about your loss

I'm going to be frank with you now......

I think it is now imperative that you fully research and re-evaluate every aspect of your husbandry habits. Two animals in as many days indicate at there is now a trend.

This isn't meant as a personal attack on you, but I can't help but think that your experience level may have played a part. I have noticed from your posts that you are snatching up animals that you have no knowledge about. BEFORE you purchase any more animals, I'd suggest that you spend a lot of time researching the husbandry requirements and techniques of ANY species that peaks your curiosity. I can't overstate the need for getting your questions answered and husbandry requirements implemented upfront, not after you and your animals become test cases.

Experience isn't something that you can just run out a pick up at the corner pet store.

 

[reptile_addict]

well the corn ate the house snake because I could see the shape of a snake by the mouse. The blood may have drowned or now, I really don't know

 

[howiet4702]

well the corn ate the house snake because I could see the shape of a snake by the mouse. The blood may have drowned or now, I really don't know

the corn ate the house snake? how big were both of them?

 

[CAV]

While I understand the circumstances, they could have been avoided. For instance, I'm sure you are now aware that two snakes inside one container is simply not worth the risk. That incident illuminates the need to have an enclosure already setup and ready to go before bringing the snake into your home.

Other questions that need to be answered: What makes you think the snake drowned? Why would he have been in the water dish in the first place? What other explanation could there be for the snake's death? What other factors could have contributed? What were the actual temps as compared to the optimal temps for that species? Was the animal sick when you bought it? Have you contacted the seller? Two weeks isn't much time for an otherwise healthy animal to just die unless there was some overpowering factor.

I guess what I'm getting at is that unless you can honestly answer these questions (instead of blindly guessing) maybe you'll want to consider staying with some of the more "rookie friendly" snakes like kings and corns, and avoiding those that require a higher level of husbandry knowledge. Just a thought.