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What is wrong?

By the way, nobody told me what was that thing i found in the viv last night? i posted the pic a few msgs ago.
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The picture is far too blurry to tell what it is I'm afraid.

Very sorry about your little snake :( I think you've made a wise choice in taking a break. I hope when you do buy another you have better luck.
 
cka said:
With your next one, a few words of advice. Misting twice a day is way too much. Unless you live in an extremely arid part of the country, and Mass. isnt, try using a bigger waterdish and maybe misting once a week. A waterdish/hide combination works great. To hold humidity in your aquarium, try taping a piece of plastic tarp over 1/2 to 2/3 of the lid.

I have used the "chipped substrate" you have in your aquarium several years ago, and I didnt like it at all. To me i seemed to dry out the enclosure :shrugs: Try shredded aspen or coconut, or Forest bedding, even newspaper.

Wish I could help you with a breeder in Massachusetts, but I cant think of one even close. Take your refund, add a few dollars to it and I'm sure that would cover getting a nice healthy corn shipped to you from one of several folks online here. Make sure you thoroughly clean out your aquarium with a bleach solution and replace that substrate before you place a new snake in it.

Good luck and don't let this one bad experience get you down :)
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Well since he is dehydrated, he needs more humidity than the usual. So misting it will add that, but since the substrate makes the environment dry, therefore misting him twice along with moist hide should balance things back. I have seen so many people using the same bark substance. Don't think it's the reason he is like that.

Somebody suggested to get something and mix it in water and soak the snake in. I was never able to soak him for half a second before, but right now, i tried but without the mixture, just in water, and the guy sat there for 15 min, then slowly came out of there.... Does this mean he is getting more comfortable...because i never seen him drink, at least when im awake. And he spends all his day in hide, so i take him and try to put his head close the the water and he seems to drink as if he hasn't in days. It's like he depends on me to make him drink.... Is he lazy or something?
 
Tracee said:
He could be very weak? The real answer is, we just don't know. I'm sorry..
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He seems to move around fine though...just never interested in drinking.
Anyways, i just hope ill return him either tonight or tomorrow, Im really worried about him, i hope petco will REALLY take him to a vet. After all it was a bad experience (twice actually), and im on the verge of not wanting to have another snake again.
 
MastersHaven said:
the first and last photo's were really blurry for me but the one of the snake came through very clear... I'll be honest with you... I am VERY concerned about this little one... the only other time I have seen one in the condition this one is in is when my friend purchased one from a local petstore... it was very thin and look king od like yours... (NOT to scare you) but it died two days after she got it... she had a necropsy preformed and the results showed that the hatchling was over come with parasites....

Post another post asking for parasite info and ask what should be done .... post it with the photo of the hatchling you just posted here....

this is the only other thing I know to do!!!

Good luck!!!!!

I will follow you new post for updates...
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Because ive been told so.
 
Billybobob said:
Then why keep this thread active?
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Im already under alot of stress and yet you make me answer you each thing one by one as if you can't understand anything on your own.
The main thread is this one, which i was still talking to some of the nice people here helping me find out what is wrong. Which so far, i can't seem to do anything.
The other thread is just a seperate one discussing the possibility of parasites.

Anyways, i don't think ill be posting anymore in any thread whatsoever, because i will give my snake back and i have second doubts of getting another one ever.
Happy now!?
 
Cursed_Witch said:
Im already under alot of stress and yet you make me answer you each thing one by one as if you can't understand anything on your own.
The main thread is this one, which i was still talking to some of the nice people here helping me find out what is wrong. Which so far, i can't seem to do anything.
The other thread is just a seperate one discussing the possibility of parasites.

Anyways, i don't think ill be posting anymore in any thread whatsoever, because i will give my snake back and i have second doubts of getting another one ever.
Happy now!?
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I have been around on this forum for a bit of time now and one thing I have learned is that people do not like multiple post of the same question which is what you have done. I asked a simple question which you answered which brought up another question, “Why keep this thread active?” and you gave the rude response that is quoted above. As for your snake get your refund to me it sounds like it was getting better care at the pet store any way. And as for you leaving this forum and never posting here again, “Who cares” that will just mean that there will be one less rude person on this forum asking for help. :wavey:
 
Billybobob said:
I have been around on this forum for a bit of time now and one thing I have learned is that people do not like multiple post of the same question which is what you have done. I asked a simple question which you answered which brought up another question, “Why keep this thread active?” and you gave the rude response that is quoted above. As for your snake get your refund to me it sounds like it was getting better care at the pet store any way. And as for you leaving this forum and never posting here again, “Who cares” that will just mean that there will be one less rude person on this forum asking for help. :wavey:
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IM being rude?
 
Cursed_Witch said:
IM being rude?
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Yes you were and you have already apoligised for it in a pm wich i thought was your original response to my post that you have just now quoted.

Cursed_Witch said:
The main thread is this one, which i was still talking to some of the nice people here helping me find out what is wrong. Which so far, i can't seem to do anything.
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i italicized the potion that made that stament rude to me. an it was direected at me

Cursed_Witch said:
Anyways, i don't think ill be posting anymore in any thread whatsoever, because i will give my snake back and i have second doubts of getting another one ever.
Happy now!?
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and here you were trying to make it look like it's my fault that you are going to leave the forum. you were trying to make me look mean and i think that that is rude also.

What about my post was rude i just stated my opinion and responded to your question of "happy now!?"
 
If you want to continu this argument you started do it in a PM i don't need to get in trouble because of you.
 
Billybobob said:
If you want to continu this argument you started do it in a PM i don't need to get in trouble because of you.
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After your first msg that you named me a rude person and who cares if i am here or not, I did not post here again, as a respect i went into pm and i did apologize for something that i wasn't exactly sure what happened.. But your answer was really really rude and then you went into the other post and accused me of stuff....
What do you call that..... YOU don't want trouble or should you read my PM message again, the part i said i don't want any problems.!?
Please do not post in this thread, we are way off topic
 
Cursed Witch. Is it possible that you increased the humidity to the point your snake ended up with skin blistering from excessive moisture? It might make the skin look odd like that too, although I've never personally seen it. Kathy Love talks about it in her book. I would still return the snake for a refund, if you haven't already, and save the money for a reptile show where you can perhaps get an older snake for less money than is charged at a petstore. The older snakes are far easier to deal with and are usually well established with feeding and temperament.
 
I hope i can explain this right!

Thanks Meg...
But where can i find one of those reptile shows, i live in Massachusetts where we have nothing for easy.

Besides, yes i did return the snake. But see, i am testing my temperatures as i was suspecting i may be the reason for the snake's condition, although i got him dehydrated i guess i made him worse.
Anyways, i got a humidity gauge, or whatever it's called. I never had one before, so i put it in the middle of the viv, i thought that's where it should be. and im suspecting either it's broken/malfunctioning or i was wrong all alone. It's giving me in the 60's and sometimes goes over 70. I thought it should be 40 to 60. And i was also told that humans require same humidity therefore nothing special should be done for corns. Does this mean my room humidity is hight already or its the thing thats broken or something?
 
It's quite possible that with twice daily mistings, you were pushing the humidity up over 65-70%. My green tree python is in an enclosed viv, but if I mist thoroughly in there, I get 90-100% humidity for a few hours and then it goes down to 80% or so. With an open viv you could expect more evaporation, but if the substrate is very moist, 70% would not be a surprise. I'm not sure where you could find a reptile show. Go on line to the NRBA site. They tend to have small shows everywhere, and maybe there will be something near you. You could also check into local breeders if any. Look on this site, and see if anyone on the breeding section of the forum, or on the snakes for sale section are near you. Try aspen for your next substrate instead of bark, make a moist hide for the snake, or only mist when they're about to shed and I think you'll do fine. In the meantime, you can research on stuff here, and be that better armed with info when you get the next one.
 
MegF. said:
It's quite possible that with twice daily mistings, you were pushing the humidity up over 65-70%. My green tree python is in an enclosed viv, but if I mist thoroughly in there, I get 90-100% humidity for a few hours and then it goes down to 80% or so. With an open viv you could expect more evaporation, but if the substrate is very moist, 70% would not be a surprise. I'm not sure where you could find a reptile show. Go on line to the NRBA site. They tend to have small shows everywhere, and maybe there will be something near you. You could also check into local breeders if any. Look on this site, and see if anyone on the breeding section of the forum, or on the snakes for sale section are near you. Try aspen for your next substrate instead of bark, make a moist hide for the snake, or only mist when they're about to shed and I think you'll do fine. In the meantime, you can research on stuff here, and be that better armed with info when you get the next one.
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The misting was for my previous corn cause he was dehydrated and he was getting worse everyday.
No no im not misting anymore, this last message is about the new snake. I am not misting at all and i do not have a moist hide in there and the humidity gives me always in upper 60's or so.
I am usin bark substance, which people said keeps the viv dry and some have said keeps it humid.
 
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