A sad morning . . .

Today I discovered my baby red blood python had died. I got him about four weeks ago and he just wouldn't eat for me. I was going to attempt an assisted feed this weekend, but I guess I was just too late. RIP "Louis"

http://i1058.photobucket.com/albums/...s/PICT0124.jpg

It worries me this happens for unknown reasons :( will you try and find out what happened?

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London, UK
1.0 bumblebee (Hachi-C)
0.1 normal (Kali)

That sucks.
Is it the blood that was in the same cage as your new Bp?
I'd get a necropsy

Sorry to hear that:( Let us know what you find out if you figure out what happen.

I'm sorry for your loss :( x2 on what you guys said ^

Poor thing, he was beautiful.

I really think he just starved to death. He was about half the girth as the picture shown. I was told it's best to keep him in a tub to reduce stress until he gets bigger. Yes he was sharing the 20 gal long with my spider/mojave who is doing great. Todays task: total cleanout of that terrarium. I guess my next investment needs to be a rack system. Just have to take this as a lesson I guess. There's a VET in my building at work. I'm gonna talk to him, but I don't plan on a necropsy.

I would definately get a necropsy done, and keep an eye on your ball that he was sharing with. Quarantine is done for a reason, hopefully he didn't give anything to your ball. I'm sorry you lost him. :( You may want to get proper set ups, and a place for quarantine before you think about getting another.

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I don't want to sound harsh, but why did you keep him in a shared 20gal tank, when you knew to keep him in a tub, and knew he wasn't eating (likely from the stress of his living situation)?!

Wait a sec..
Didn't he have mites too

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Originally Posted by Bobbafett

Wait a sec..
Didn't he have mites too

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I think I remember reading that. Poor snakey. :(

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I did find one mite on him. The Provent a mite just arrived yesterday. Now should I treat the cage with it? Or just do a full cleanout? Or both, in what order?

Sounds like improper husbandry was this guys downfall....for the mites I would treat every enclosure you have for the sake of your other snakes. I would totally clean out and sanitize all tubs/tanks/bowls/decor etc and treat the enclosures and substrate with the PAM as directed on the can (don't spray the PAM directly on any snakes). If he had mites I wouldn't doubt that your others will have/do have them too (especially if you had them housed together or closely together).

I know rainbow bridge isn't the right place for this but I'm gonna ask some questions:

1. Where did you get the snake from? They don't just starve to death in 4 weeks, and any reputable breeder isn't going to sell you a hatchling that hasn't already started eating.

2. Can you very descriptively give me a run down on your setup/husbandry? I already know it was wrong, but did you try to compensate for having 2 snakes in the same enclosure with any weird heating techniques? Like UTH on both ends because they weren't moving from hot to cold side or anything like that? I just see trying to house a BP and a Blood in the same enclosure as turning into a nightmare for both snakes since they don't exactly thrive in the same conditions.

Dude that's horrible. You were so excited when you got him too. :depressed

I got that guy by mail from LLLReptile in Cali. He did appear to ha e a couple meals on him. For the first couple weeks he was alone in the 20 gal long. After speaking with breeders at the lone star reptile expo I was told that was too big an enclosure. So I sectioned it in half with a 75 watt red bulb above the divider and a small uth regulated by tstat to around 90 beneath the divider. Temps were around 78-88. The blood hardly moved around. Stayed mostly in the cool side. Saw him drink once or twice but he never soaked. About 2 inches of cypress/coconut substrate for burrowing, which he did a couple times. 50-60% humidity. I misted the blood side more since they need a bit more humidity. And had 3 sides blacked of his half blacked out. The couple times I held bin he was active and flicking. Seemed fine other than the food refusal.

So sorry for your loss.

I'm sorry for your loss... she was a beautiful blood python

So sorry, I hope you learn from this little guy to prevent another loss in the future.