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It's not that rare for snakes to lay infertile eggs- aka "slugs" -one way to know is to treat them as viable, ie. incubate, then candle them to see...

It seems like I see at least one person a year make a similar post in this forum. I think it is uncommon, but not necessarily rare. There is...

Shops don't usually do a full disinfection after an animal sells and a new one takes its place, and don't necessarily disinfect hands between...

Aw, come on! Give me one more chance. ;)

That girl has some "hips"- :D

You were close...but not quite. :)

I called them the day I got the positive test…feel horrible for the other snakes. But the store should have known better about housing 4 snakes...

If you haven't already, you might want to let the pet store know.

Informed estimates run as high as 10% of captive snakes (of susceptible species) could be asymptomatic carriers. I recall that's somewhere in the...

Do you plan to have him seen by a vet?

Agree completely. It cost $60 plus $30-$50 for overnight shipping to swab test these guys for 3 viruses from RLA. In my opinion, so worth it for a...

Yes, thank you! We wanted another snake but definitely will not go through with that until this one passes. He is the sweetest, so I do hope he lives...

At this point in the hobby, I'm not sure that has to count as paranoia. I myself test all incoming reptiles for the relevant pathogens per their...

I'll bite. I say the male is the top one with the short fat tail and the female is the bottom one with the long thin tail.

I am very sorry to hear of this diagnosis. I hope he continues to be/feel well. Probably goes without saying, but I will say it anyway. You...

He was housed with 4 other snakes at the pet store so I was concerned. Also I’m a paranoid person as it is so I did a full panel swab 😆

" should I take extra good care of him to avoid a Nido flare up/RIs symptoms?" This. There are a lot of asymptomatic snakes out there. I'm...

Photo #489 Tumbled/Polished Thundereggs with a Orange Dream/Het Piebald. For some reason I thought that an OD/Het Pied would have a very...

Sounds like it was a sweet deal!

Thank you for sharing your experience! There are some very helpful local places here too. I'll try playing with some small scale scraps and certainly...

I had a good job but I bought that custom-built house very cheaply because the owners got spooked after a large earthquake (So. California) & they...

I sure wouldn't want to try cutting the glass myself, but fyi, you can usually get a pro to do it for not too much money- at least in the small town...

Glass that is thick enough to be safe in the use you intend to put it to is thick enough to be a beast to cut by hand. Once you get up to 4 feet in...

Thank you so much for your reply! I expected much of this to be the case, but figured what I could learn from posing the question would be...

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