How do you know if a snake broke a bone?
So I always read info on diseases and such but never like oh my snake broke it's bone sort of stuff... So I wanna know, how do you tell? Would the snake be lethargic and not moving much? Would it be angry? Would it look like there was a kink? Or maybe even as minor as a fracture. I don't think you could palpate a minor fracture. Would there be changes in personality? I ask cuz I was giving my snake meds and my mom was keeping it from curling over itself and going to nuts. Well at first she held fairly tightly from what I can tell... Then I told her to loosen up and am hoping she did so... The snake moved fine and didn't have any kinks or anything afterwards. Her demeanor is normal. I just wanna know.
P.s. I know, I am full of questions :)
Re: How do you know if a snake broke a bone?
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MorphMaster
So did you ever take him to the vet? Or was it just it's not life threatening and he ended up doing ok by himself cuz that'd be cool... Itb be a great example of the resilience of snakes
:) Yes, I took him to the vet as soon as I could. Kevin Fitzgerald, of Alameda East 'Emergency Vets' fame. It was awesome to meet him, and he was very hurried but a great guy. :) He gave the little guy an electrolyte injection, evacuated several kidney stones (poor baby), and let me know that the break was old and healed oddly. Advised me to feed him the tiniest pinky mouse I could get ahold of and if he ate, digested, and passed waste alright then we were in the clear. :) That was at least 5 years ago.
Oh, and Kevin did all that free of charge when he learned I was not that well off financially. :gj: It was a gift to the 'poor, sweet little snake and his genuinely caring owner'. :bow: