female hatchling deaths

I have 2.2 PHP's that hatched out on 7/5, went to my sons on sat. come home tonight, and walked into the snake room, caught a whif of death, asked my mate, what died!? as I'm frantically opening bins.

He said everyone was fine and that he didn't smell anything :rolleyes:, all adults checked out fine, so I figured maybe it was the lil hatchling that had the hard umbilicus, nope it was fine, all rats were fine.

After opening and checking 50+ tubs, I come to tub 52 and find a dead hatchling, I have no idea what happened, and when I looked in on her female sibling she looks just aweful, and refused her meal tonight. Both males though look great, all husbandry is spot on. I just don't get it :confuzd:

He said they were fine this afternoon when he checked water dishes, I dunno.

Any input is appreciated, Thanks

I don't know. Maybe something internal like a heart defect that wouldn't have been noticed. I'm sorry for ur loss. Hope u can figure it out.

2nd female died :confused:

Are you going to get a necropsy on them? I think that would be the only way to get to the bottom of it. Sorry btw. That really sucks. :(

Sorry I'm no help, just wanted to say I'm sorry for your loss :tears:

Oh honey I'm so sorry :( I hope it wasn't something that could spread, and good luck on your other babies remaining healthy!

*hugs*

I am sorry to hear about your loss. I would strongly suggest a necropsy on both of those females. If only you lived in So Cal I could bring them into work and have results for you in no time. How many meals have they had prior to falling so ill? Hope you can figure it out and make sure everyone else is safe still.

What else is in that rack? Have you purchased any new animals? How old were these hatchlings?

You need to follow the strictest quarantine practices from anything in that rack from the rest of your collection until you figure out what is going on. I would do a total disinfectant scrub down of all tubs in that rack... and keep a very close eye on all the other snakes especially ones that were housed around them.

Not suggesting this is the case... A local reptile shop owner recently purchased a snake from a customer and brought it home to his collection. He didn't quarantine it. He started having minor problems with snakes not wanting to eat... Then he noticed what appeared to be slight respiratory infections in a couple snakes... So he bumped up the heat. Then out of nowhere snakes started dying. Starting from the snakes who's tubs surrounded the new snake then spreading out. The vet diagnosed the problem and he was able to medicate and save most of the snakes... But he lost a lot of snakes. I forgot what the prognosis was.

Not trying to freak you out or anything... Just worried about you. Quarantine big time and assume something contagious could be happening until proven otherwise.

Sorry to hear about your loss Lisa. I agree with getting a necropsy done so you can get to the root cause.

Sorry for your loss. Hope you don't loose any more.