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could it maybe "just" be thatthe mouse got hold of her and did bit but instead of making a would she caused some small internal would? something like some damaged tissue orso?

I also wonder if it is temporary swelling from a scratch or bite from the mouse/ rat.

I would see if it has gone down any in the morning.

Hey,

an an little up-date.

the swelling seems to be alot smaller it is almost gone.

She does still make that weird sound though. It is some kind of heavy breathing sound or it also sounds a bit as if you blow air through a straw or so

Ok i just called to the vet. He said he normally doesnt work on wednesday evenings but he will be there if i call hom 15 minutes befor i get there.

so i will first go home after work to pick up the albino and then go to the vet.

I am very happy with this vet as he is also the main vet of a zoo close to where i live and he takes care of all the reptiles there.

Ok i just called to the vet. He said he normally doesnt work on wednesday evenings but he will be there if i call him 15 minutes befor i get there.

so i will first go home after work to pick up the albino and then go to the vet.

I am very happy with this vet as he is also the main vet of a zoo close to where i live and he takes care of all the reptiles there.

Thats good. Let us know how she is doing when you can.

I will;)

Curious how this turns out, let us know and good luck!

ok sorry i didnt make an up-date sooner but here it is.

when i got to the vet. first thing he did was checking if it was an RI.
and he came fast to the conclusion it wasn't. but because it was already late and he didnt know where to surge for and he didnt hear her making the sounds i was describing he asked me if he could keep her there for the night, as he told me and showed me he has an couple of tubs in a rack that are equipped with tiny camera's and sound recorders (i thought it was kind weird he had that but he seems to be prepaired for anything the zoo he takes care of the reptiles for also have a couple of retics and he even had an space for them) as a snake obviously isnt gonna act the same when held as when she is in the tub.

the next day he called me and told me that he still hadn't found anything, he did a blood test and all was ok and so he asked if she could stay another day/night. i was a bit reluctant cause i was getting a bit worried about the costs but he said i would only have to pay for the first visit and maybe the medicine when was clear what was going on so i was like "ok, yeah sure do whatever is needed".

now the sad part begins.

this morning i got a phone call from him and he told methat she passed away in the night and the way he told me i could hear in his voice he was realy sad about it he kinda feeled like he failed (where i do think he tried realy hard) so he offerd me to do a free autopsy also because he wanted to know what it was and if he missed anything and he wanted to learn fromit as he had never encountered somethiong like this. because i also wanted to know what it was (cause of fear maybe something contageous to my other snakes) i agreed.

now 2 hours ago he called me to let me know that he found what it was.

she had an perferated lung, the lung got perferated by a deformed pointy bone on her spine i went to him this evening and he showed me what he was talking about.

the fact she had that weird "lump" in her neck was just a coincidence and had nothing to do with what happend. he believes that deformed bone stuck through her lung as she was constricting the mouse or after swallowing the mouse (wich i think) and that would be the reason she started making those sounds right after she ate,

how sadning and painful this was the hear i atleast got some reasurance that there is no danger to my other ball pythons.

so that is the whole story.

i am sorry my english isnt perfect and hope you all understand what i wrote.

thanks for all the support when i started this thread.


Andrew

I am very sorry to hear that. It does sound like he was trying every thing he knew to do. I have never heard of this happening but now I know if something like this ever happens to me.