Opinions on this bulge

[aztek]

Is this normal? Or is his a little to big? It's the middlemost part.

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