A little bump (pics)

Tell me what you think, this is right by where his heart is. I think it may be his heart, and he is so small that it shows. Is this abnormal?
He is a great little feeder! But I have noticed this bump on him since I got him from LLLReptile at the reptile super show in San Diego. Any thoughts?

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00911.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00912.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00913.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00914.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00915.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00916.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00917.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00919.jpg

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/g...r/DSC00920.jpg

That could be an absess. You might wanna considere a quick trip to the Vet, just to be safe.

Im not usually one to jump on the VET bandwagon, but with an animal like that, I would.

It looks like an enlarged heart, wich can be fatal. I would feed it very small prey items. I have seen animals with enlarged hearts live many years, others are not as fortunate.

Nick

seems like LLL would make good and give you a new one...

Yeah I am thinking about that, poor little guy, I hate having to give him away.

Dont wait to contact them!

I just called them, She said, there is nothing we can do at this point, we have a 24hr return policy. :rage::rage::rage::rage:, I said, hey, I didn't think to look for small bumps around the snakes heart when I brought him home, I let him get used to his cage. Then she was giving me some talk about how my friend probably did "poked the snake with a stick" and caused a bump, and the mites were my fault, totally blaming everything on me. Then she told me to take it up to there store, and they will let me know if the snake is sick or not, then if it is, leave hundreds of dollars of vet bills for me to pay for, for things I didn't bestow upon this animal. I noticed the mites when I got home, I thought oh no biggy I will just fix the problem, Then after that, I started looking for mites, all over his body and there were no more, but as I was looking I noticed the bump. She told me not to take it to a vet because I will kill the snake that way, when I have a great vet who has so far proven to be the best vet I have ever had. AHHHHHHH:mad::rage:

And now my heat lamp just broke. MY LIFE IS RIDICULOUS! :rolleye2: <---------- THIS IS WHAT I LOOK LOIKE RIGHT NOW!

I am not a fan of LLL but they sold me a very sick RTB about a year and a half ago and it died within a month.

Sounds like a real pickle my friend. I would have called the moment I noticed the Mites. Also, call and ask for the manager, but keep a very professional and curtious tone. How you really like the store yada yada yada, you really like doin business with them, but your just very scared about this snake, and it wasnt cheap, yada yada yada.

You prolly get further with that approach than any other.

ok ya. Me and my dad are calling tomorrow.

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by Patrick Long

Sounds like a real pickle my friend. I would have called the moment I noticed the Mites. Also, call and ask for the manager, but keep a very professional and curtious tone. How you really like the store yada yada yada, you really like doin business with them, but your just very scared about this snake, and it wasnt cheap, yada yada yada.

You prolly get further with that approach than any other.

---

Agreed there.
Tell them how your real disappointed this happened because you love the animal and such.
They're reputation isn't very high in my book. :colbert:

Man, I am kind of mad at my self now, I said some mean stuff to the woman on the phone to day because she was be a *****. I really need to try to cool off, but she just keeps on blaming it on me. I don't even have mites in my collection. And GRRRRR. :rage::rage::rage::rage:

A vet could easily drain that if its an abses. I would take anything to the vet from lll. Good luck.

I purchased a ball python from LLL a few months after I had my first and at this time I wasn't a member of the site and did not QT. I had it a week when I noticed the bubbles near its nose. Took it to the vet and it was in late stages of an RI. We gave it antibiotic shots and everything but in the end unfortunately she died. I wont buy from LLL again although I have heard other people who have had great experiences with them. My biggest complaint is when I spoke with them about it their customer service was horrible. They made me feel like it was my fault and the snake left them 100% healthy. I just tried to take it as a lesson learned. Whenever any of my customers have an issue, I'll take care of it asap, not pull this crap.

/rant off

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by stangs13

A vet could easily drain that if its an abses. I would take anything to the vet from lll. Good luck.

---

At this point, money is my issue, what is the cost of draining an abscess? I know its $45.00 for a check up with my vet but the procedure is $??.??

Geez. I've been watching ur vids and now you got 2 bps with RIs and now this problem...I wish you luck! :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj:

Quote:

---

Originally Posted by TheMolenater2

Geez. I've been watching ur vids and now you got 2 bps with RIs and now this problem...I wish you luck! :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj: :gj:

---

Thanks man!

No problem. :)

The bump is gone! he shed and it is no longer there! I still don't know what it was. It is gone and I could see in the shed that there was a large lump in the shed but not on him anymore. Ok thanks guys!