Great. Are these parasites.

Ok, so I'm a bit freaked out. This animal has not eaten since I've had him, but he was on live. I have been trying to convert him to FT, but without much luck. He is an extremely shy and easily stressed, so I've thought that his not eating was just due to the switch and him taking a while to get comfortable. Downsizing tubs does not help, and I do not handle him unless I need to do something necessary for his care.

I am kicking myself for not offering him live sooner, because I should have. He has gone from 260g to about 224g in 3 months, but has no visible backbone, so I figured I could wait him out for a bit, but I still am realizing that I should have offered him live sooner. Usually he hides all the time, but lately he has been coming out looking for food, but becomes afraid of it when it is offered.

I have had him for over 3 months now, and he has pooped during this time with no sign of illness. The only thing remiss between then and now is being off feed, but I was told by the breeder he was eating fine prior on live, so I figured it was due to the switch. Through the over 3 month span he has seemed perfectly healthy. He is currently with the others, but by the looks of it he will be pulled out today.

Today I walk in, and see this. None of the poops he has produced in the time I've had him looked like this. He is currently in the tub system with my others, but none of them have produced anything like this.

Are these parasites? I couldn't reach our exotics vet when I tried. They don't move, or anything like that. But I have not seen this before. Please help and tell me if you have seen this before.

http://i.imgur.com/p3zwOXR.jpg

(Deb, yes this animal is the same one I messaged you about, but I wasn't aware of this issue until this morning)

Not much poop there, just a ton of urates, which is to be expected with the hunger strike. Are you concerned with the flecks in the urates? It's hard to tell what they are from the picture, it's rather blurry.

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Originally Posted by Eavlynn

Not much poop there, just a ton of urates, which is to be expected with the hunger strike. Are you concerned with the flecks in the urates? It's hard to tell what they are from the picture, it's rather blurry.

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Yes, I should have specified I'm talking about the flecks in the urates.

Here is a better photo, sorry about that.

http://i.imgur.com/11sMa8E.jpg

I've not seen anything like that before. If it were me, I would go to a professional reptile vet, and then see if they can do a poop sample on it to see if any parasites are detected.

If that snake is housed with the others, I would remove it immediately and put it into quarantine in a separate room (tub and everything disinfected before putting it back in the rack). You dont want your other snakes getting what he has.

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I've not seen anything like that before. If it were me, I would go to a professional reptile vet, and then see if they can do a poop sample on it to see if any parasites are detected.

If that snake is housed with the others, I would remove it immediately and put it into quarantine in a separate room (tub and everything disinfected before putting it back in the rack). You dont want your other snakes getting what he has.

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This is what I'm thinking as well, on all counts. I couldn't reach the vet earlier when I tried, but I will try again Monday as they closed a few minutes ago.
I couldn't find anything remotely similar on Google in the meantime :(.

Definitely strange. Hopefully the vet will know what's going on. I haven't seen anything like that. Quarantine time for the little guy. With any luck, it won't be anything serious.

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I'd love to answer but same issue I have with the pic from you pm I can't see it :rolleye2:, every time I get this message.

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I am also seeing the same thing as Deborah.

Copied the image and reposted. Can you guys see it now?

http://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/2016...29c36b0ac5.jpg


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