I think my snake has IBD! Please someone help!

I would never have force fed if the pet shop I got them both from hadn't of told me too. I bought the female about 2-3 months ago and force fed her 2 times and them she started to take the mice by herself almost instantly.

The male I have had for under month and have force fed 3 times, first time was fine, the second time he regurged, and the third time was fine. I am deeply sorry if I have made anyone angry by force feeding, I was only doing as I was told. I read lots of articles on BP care and was never told not to when the BP was a baby.

My female seems to be perfectly fine as usual. I have got the male out again and he started rolling around and excreted when I was holding him. He seems extremely strange, he constantly rolls and twists his head around.

I will never be force feeding ever again.


TEK

Hi,


I don't think the force feeding is whats caused this rather it has a pre-existing condition which was why it wasn't eating.

But your little guy sounds extremely sick and I really would get him to a vet asap.

What are your temps in the tanks and how do you measure them?



dr del

y was the snake being force fed m8? this is a q that everyone wants the answer of and it could be tht that has harmed the snake.

I already explained, I was told by the petshop I got the snakes from that they were not feeding and had to be force fed. The female was fine after the first 2 force feeds so I assumed what they told me was correct. I am an animal lover and I felt very mean force feeding them, however at the time I thought I was doing the right thing.

Once again I am sorry and please do not have a tainted view of me and my care over my snakes. I am really worried about both of them, the last thing I ever wanted to do was hurt my snakes.


TEK

In the future, you may want to do some research and make sure the babies you get are healthy AND eating, and I know you didn't know, but force-feeding is extremely stressful on a snake, and you want to explore different techniques for coaxing them to eat before taking such an extreme measure.

Have you contacted the place you got the snake from to see if anyone else has complained, or if any of their other babies are showing similar symptoms?

What are your temps at? Too high a temp could cause neurological problems with the snake.


Why in the world did you buy, not one, but two non-feeding snakes?
It should have been obvious that the petstore you went to sucks if they are selling snakes that need to be forcefed.

A friend of mine had had one from the same shop for a month or so which was doing really well. He had also been told to force feed it until it took the food on its own.

Once I noticed the problem this evening it was too late and the shop is closed. I will be calling them first thing tomorrow morning to demand an explaination to why they told me to force feed and if any of the other snakes are experiencing the symtoms of IBD.

I am so upset about all of this! Earlier today I thought I had two healthy BPs, now I have one which I am extremely worried about, and the other which is potentially sick as well...

I use Exoterra thermometers and hydrometers for each tank, the males temps were slightly lower in the middle of the tank thank the females. I ordered an £165 vivarium for the both of them (two separate compartments) the other day so that I could get a proper electronic thermometer for each side to make sure my temps were perfect.

I have been scraping by money wise recently so I was only able to order their vivarium a couple of days ago.


TEK

I would tear them apart. They have no business selling animals that need to be forcefed.


Try to get them to a vet as soon as possible.

Good luck.

I am almost certain he has IBD. He just stays still after having rolled around, head upside down. It seems very very strange consider he seemed perfectly normal a few days ago before I stupidly force fed him again.

I can't believe I was told that I had to force feed them, how can someone knowingly tell a customer that when its so far from what actually needs to be done.

Thankyou everyone for your help so far.


TEK :(

Have you scheduled a vet appointment? I would do that ASAP!