:( some sad news

As you all know I was having some problems with Zahabu -

it turned out he was carrying a parasite called crytosporidia, to this there is no cure.

After taking him to the vet, there was a slim chance that he would be ok. After persuing this chance with medication etc... The worst has happened.

I was in my room about 10 mins ago and heard a rustling in the tank. Looked over and saw Zahibu moving, went over and saw that he had died :(

thanks for all the help I recieved off everyone with regard to him. I definatly learnt a lot about these animals.

Sorry to hear the bad news it sucks when it happens :(

I'm sorry about your loss ... my thoughts are with you :hug:

so sorry :(

I'm very sorry to hear that. :hug:

I am really sorry about your snake. What symptoms do they show from that parasite?

the main symptoms seemed to be, not eating, possible vomiting, not defacating for a long time (although this may be down to indivdual snakes) Also when given critical care through a syringe, the snake had a bloated appearance, when taken to the vet, the vet massaged the snake and liquid came out (so sign that stomach is not working) also lathargy.

Apparently it is quite infectious, and serious tank disinfection has to go ahead, this is one of the parasite nasties, if you see any of the above symptoms or something not normal about your snake, get it checked out!!!

thanks for the support everyone

So sorry for you loss.:(

I'm so sorry .... :(

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Originally Posted by aaronyarm

As you all know I was having some problems with Zahabu -

it turned out he was carrying a parasite called crytosporidia, to this there is no cure.

After taking him to the vet, there was a slim chance that he would be ok. After persuing this chance with medication etc... The worst has happened.

I was in my room about 10 mins ago and heard a rustling in the tank. Looked over and saw Zahibu moving, went over and saw that he had died :(

thanks for all the help I recieved off everyone with regard to him. I definatly learnt a lot about these animals.

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I am so sorry that happened :( .Just incase i would trash the enclosure he was in just incase its in the enclosure,i would not want this to happen again.