Leonardo is sick, swelling/bleeding...

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Originally Posted by RoseyReps

No strange behavior before/during/after. He has remained the same as prior to this issue. He eats religiously and is defecating/urinating regularly.

The rats were being thawed in tepid - warm water until fully thawed, then heated with hot water/heat lamp for about 30 seconds to bring them up to temp. He has since been switched to live large pups or weans from my own rat colony (per vet recommendation). The first feeding after switching, he did swell after feeding. Though his next feeding he did not, so I'm not sure if the first time was a result of feeding or a result of the seemingly random swelling.

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I'd maybe think about giving him a couple weeks of no food. No anything. No stress. And monitor and control the swelling.

I'm going back to see our vet later this week. I will propose this idea to him and see what he thinks. I really appreciate all the help from everyone! I'll update again if anything changes and/or after the vet.

Can snakes develop allergies I wonder? You might consider switching everything about the housing, save temperature and humidity, to see if the culprit isn't an adverse reaction to something in his home. I'd also use a different cleaning product while testing the "allergy" theory. Whatever it is I hope the boy makes a full recovery, good luck!

My vet said and I quote "lymphatic obstruction, dissecting aneurysm, localized infection, ruptured windpipe, tumor, blood clot, congestive heart failure, hard to say..."

So yeah... :weirdface

Really hoping the little guy makes a full recovery!

I've been following and I really hope the vet can figure this out. He's a forum favorite!

Update?

Any updates on this?

i'm curious too. lol

Nothing has changed honestly :-\ he still swells randomly and is eating / shedding / defecating regularly. He will be going in for another visit at the end of July.