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Regurgitating water, wont eat

usmcbecker

usmcbecker

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Hello, I have a Abbott okeetee thats about 6 months old. I have had him since august. I attempted to feed him last night and he wouldn't eat. Before I put him in there I noticed his right eye looked like it had an injury of some sort, I am not sure, it didnt look like the other eye, not as clear.

So this morning I picked him up and re threw up alot of water all over his cage and he is wondering around stangely, which he usually keeps to his hide during the day.

I was wondering what is wrong with him. He lives alone and never has been in contact with any other snakes. I am super worred about him, hes my baby. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Josh
 
Josh,

If you haven't already done so, I'd recheck cage temps and make sure he has adequate hides, etc.

I'd also leave it alone (meaning no handling) for at least 3-4 days before trying to feed again. I wouldn't worry too much...I've seen adult corns do the same thing. Usually if I happen to pick them up immediately after they drink a large amount of water....it just sort of pours back out. I'd say you probably startled him and he'll be fine in a few days.
 
If the problem persists, I'd strongly suggest taking him to an exotic vet. They should have a special "carnivore care" diet that is used when a snake reguritates multiple times.
 
They should have a special "carnivore care" diet that is used when a snake reguritates multiple times.
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That's interesting - I've not heard of that before. Do you have any links? I'd be interested to know more.
 
I'm actually at work now - slow day as the students and vets are on a field trip :D
I'll go look in the fridge and get more info on it.
 
Not sure about regurging water... but for the right eye, does it look "cut" injured or "cloudy/milky injured"? If his shed was poor last time, he may have retained the scale on his eye, and it can be removed by GENTLY swabbing with a wet q-tip and then CAREFULLY tweezering off. This would not explain the other symptoms though, but I agree with Drew; cage temps are always the first culprit to investigate when a snake is sick.
 
It's called Lafeber's Emeraid Carnivore Care. We also have herbivore and omnivore care.

http://lafebervet.com/products/emeraidcarnivore.html

This is the product. It talks about birds of prey because Dr. Lafeber is a hugely known avian veterinarian. But we feed it to snakes as well as other animals. Right now we're feeding a deathly ill ferret and he just loves the stuff.

Of course this food needs to be tube fed to a snake, and I'm not sure if it's commercially available. I don't think I'd recommend doing something like that at home anyways.
 
I also wouldn't recommend pulling of a retained spectacle scale. It may work in some cases, but I'd never try it on my own snake. My friend's rescued ball python only has one eye because of this. Retailed scales may come off in the next shed, and if not, soaking should do the trick.
 
AshleyShadows said:
I also wouldn't recommend pulling of a retained spectacle scale. It may work in some cases, but I'd never try it on my own snake. My friend's rescued ball python only has one eye because of this. Retailed scales may come off in the next shed, and if not, soaking should do the trick.
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I would swear mentioned something recommending against the tweezering in my last post, but I'm sick and hopped up on the Tylenol PM so I may have just imagined I did.
 
You're welcome. I certinaly like it.

And it's not an avian remedy. The actual container has a red eye tree frog, hawk, ferret, and a rat snake on it. It's a carnivore remedy.
 
AshleyShadows said:
You're welcome. I certinaly like it.

And it's not an avian remedy. The actual container has a red eye tree frog, hawk, ferret, and a rat snake on it. It's a carnivore remedy.
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Cool. I've heard of it. I think it has probiotic properties too. Still, a skipped meal and some ejected water don't warrant such drastic measures yet...
 
Thank you everyone for your imput.

It looks like he is feeling a little better. His eye looks like he has a retained cap. I am unsure if it was ruptured, but it was looking life fluid leaking from his eye earlier in the week.
 
Sounds like an eye infection I would see a vet for it. The not eating and spewed water are one thing, but if the eye is leaking fluid there is occular pressure. The vet can drain it and give you antibiotics:)
 
he ate a couple of days after the first post. he was climbing on my ear and my glasses when he fell off and hit the floor. Hes acting normal now, but he is in a rapid shed right now due to some damage that occured. He shed the day before he fell, so I am not sure which one it may be.
 
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