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Is this normal???

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  • 09-20-2013, 09:01 PM
    DooLittle
    Re: Is this normal???
    Boy I've never seen that. I'd be headed to the vet. Let us know what vet says.
  • 09-21-2013, 11:46 PM
    pookie!
    I think it was gas and a large poop. He farted and now he isnt lumpy but he does look like he is brewing a big poop. He hasnt pooped in a little while so I think it might be a double sized poop in there with his larger rat meal he had that made him look that way.

    Idk how he would get any parasites either, we breed our own feeders and all have been wormed...?
  • 09-22-2013, 09:52 AM
    Evenstar
    Snakes can get worms from their environment as babies or mites can transmit them too. The worms (pin worms are most common) set up shop and can cause localized cysts like this later in the snake's life. But that does not mean that parasites are the cause here. No one said that is for sure - it was only mentioned as a possible cause. Frankly, not trying to scare you, but cancer would be my first guess and in a reptile, that can progress very quickly.

    I will say again, gas will NOT cause these lumps!! It is very possible that your snake had a load of poo that was pushing these lumps out so they would be more visible and once the snake passed his bowel movement, the lumps then recede and you can't see them as readily. But the gas would not cause them to be there, it would only possibly make them more visible. If gas could cause this, every person here would have seen these sorts of lumps in one or more of their own snakes. All snakes poo after all.... :D

    You have been given SOUND advice from every poster in this thread. Please take that into consideration and take your snake to the vet. We do not just randomly say "go to the vet" and I understand fully not wanting to make the trip unnecessarily, but there are times when that trip is absolutely necessary. This is one of those times. :gj:
  • 09-26-2013, 09:48 PM
    bcardi151
    I would see a vet good luck.
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