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New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!
So I picked up a new purchase at the Baltimore repticon...just got home and as I was looking it over under a high beam light with some magnification before putting it into QT...(the lighting at the particular booth selling the dumerils I bought wasnt great)...I noticed he has a few very small scars along his back (they look like from rodents)...more worrying to me is that at the show he was alert, energetic and active...now his tongue flicks look weak and lethargic and instead of rapid full tongue flicks they only flick out the forked part up until the fork splits (so like 1/4 to 1/3) the tongue's normal flick length...also his belly feels and looks very bloated and empty..his belly scales also look and feel off (gonna try and get pics of everything today/tonight)...at least compared to my ball pythons...
as this is my first dumerils...while I am familiar and have educated myself on their basic husbandry the overall above mentioned observations have me very worried and concerned that they sold me a sick snake.
Thoughts? Comments? More info I need to supply or absorb myself?
Thanks!
1.1 Pinstripe - Orion/Eos
1.1 Lessers - Typhon/Kali
0.2 Dinkers - Stella & Wildfire
1.0 Desert - No Name
1.0 Het Red Axanthic - No name
0.1 Woma- Cayenne
0.1 Cinnamon- Nutmeg
2.1 Mojave- No names
1.0 Mystic- No Name
0.1 Mahagony- No Name
1.0 Black Pastel- No Name
1.0 SD Tiger Retic- Thor
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Apollo)
0.2 Labs- Daisy & Ruby
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Re: New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!
I say lets see some pics. I hope he's ok.
If nothing ever changed, there would be no butterflies.
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need to unpack and get some things organized/cleaned so pics will be up in an hour or two...i hope...I dunno how im gonna show his bloated belly...
1.1 Pinstripe - Orion/Eos
1.1 Lessers - Typhon/Kali
0.2 Dinkers - Stella & Wildfire
1.0 Desert - No Name
1.0 Het Red Axanthic - No name
0.1 Woma- Cayenne
0.1 Cinnamon- Nutmeg
2.1 Mojave- No names
1.0 Mystic- No Name
0.1 Mahagony- No Name
1.0 Black Pastel- No Name
1.0 SD Tiger Retic- Thor
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Apollo)
0.2 Labs- Daisy & Ruby
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Re: New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!
Yeah pix will help much!
Ball Pythons
0.2 Normals (Coilette and Mary Jane)
1.0 Spider Morph (Zeus)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
Boas
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 Hog Island BCI (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Gloria)
0.1 Yellow Anaconda (Serenity)
0.1 Albino Columbian BCI
Ball Python
0.2 Normals (Coilette and Mary Jane)
1.0 Spider (Zues)
1.0 Pastel (De Sol)
Boa Constrictors
0.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boa (Stella)
0.1 BCI Hog Island (Kiyoko)
0.1 Dumerils Boa (Gloria)
1.1 Yellow Anaconda (Serenity and Diablo)
0.1 Albino Common Northern Boa BCI (Pandora)
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Definitely need pics.
A couple of good shots that will help us help you is to first take a couple of pics of him laying naturally from above (looking down on the snake). Try to get the full body in the shot. This is actually the best way to see if he's bloated as he's in a more natural position. But also take a pic of you holding him upright vertically from the ground and the camera pointed at his belly. Lift and hold him gently and be sure to support his body weight. Have someone help by being fully ready to take the pic for you so you aren't holding him in that position any longer than necessary. Third, try to take a close up of the scars on his back.
Do your best to take the pictures in good lighting and in focus.
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scar pics are taken already...still working on figuring out a way to get a good belly/bloated photo....really hard to take and its more by feel then by really super visuals...also scars are not my worry...this bloat is and the lethargic half ass tongue flicking...
1.1 Pinstripe - Orion/Eos
1.1 Lessers - Typhon/Kali
0.2 Dinkers - Stella & Wildfire
1.0 Desert - No Name
1.0 Het Red Axanthic - No name
0.1 Woma- Cayenne
0.1 Cinnamon- Nutmeg
2.1 Mojave- No names
1.0 Mystic- No Name
0.1 Mahagony- No Name
1.0 Black Pastel- No Name
1.0 SD Tiger Retic- Thor
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Apollo)
0.2 Labs- Daisy & Ruby
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Sometimes, science has to be thrown out the window and you have to go with your gut. If your gut is saying there's something wrong, listen to it.
The scars are pretty notable and almost certainly rat bites. If they are healed, then they are nothing to worry about, although they may remain unsightly for sometime and may never actually disappear. Shame the seller didn't point them out. He had to have known they were there.
The belly could just be that the snake has some poo in there. The slow tongue worries me a bit. If you attempt to lay him on his back, does he fight you? Does he righten himself immediately?
If you are truly thinking something is off, I would monitor him carefully over the weekend, boost him temps a degree or two, don't feed him but do make sure he feels secure (deep substrate and a hide box or two), and leave him alone. Then first thing Tuesday morning, call your vet and make an appointment.
And keep us posted 'cause we'll worry too....
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Re: New addition- Dumerils- concerned!!!
Originally Posted by Evenstar
Sometimes, science has to be thrown out the window and you have to go with your gut. If your gut is saying there's something wrong, listen to it.
The scars are pretty notable and almost certainly rat bites. If they are healed, then they are nothing to worry about, although they may remain unsightly for sometime and may never actually disappear. Shame the seller didn't point them out. He had to have known they were there.
The belly could just be that the snake has some poo in there. The slow tongue worries me a bit. If you attempt to lay him on his back, does he fight you? Does he righten himself immediately?
If you are truly thinking something is off, I would monitor him carefully over the weekend, boost him temps a degree or two, don't feed him but do make sure he feels secure (deep substrate and a hide box or two), and leave him alone. Then first thing Tuesday morning, call your vet and make an appointment.
And keep us posted 'cause we'll worry too....
Thanks for the insight/comments....the scars dont bother me at all...figured Id mention them though along with everything else...and no the seller never mentioned them which the more I deal with this poor little guy the more pissed off I am...he seems to have a GREAT personality and desposition...
The slow tongue worries me the most...While he may have poop in there...it would have to be a buttload (LOL)....and nothing there feels solid...it feels like gas or an empty space i guess?...he does fight a bit when i turn him over and does immediately right himself. The weird belly scale thing also concerns me a bit..
He is in my negative air pressure QT tank...on news paper with a UTH and overhead heat source for the hot spot...cool and fresh water...and will be monitored daily...and he has 2 hides in tehre with him...
Last edited by OsirisRa32; 05-25-2013 at 09:32 PM.
1.1 Pinstripe - Orion/Eos
1.1 Lessers - Typhon/Kali
0.2 Dinkers - Stella & Wildfire
1.0 Desert - No Name
1.0 Het Red Axanthic - No name
0.1 Woma- Cayenne
0.1 Cinnamon- Nutmeg
2.1 Mojave- No names
1.0 Mystic- No Name
0.1 Mahagony- No Name
1.0 Black Pastel- No Name
1.0 SD Tiger Retic- Thor
0.0.1 Green Tree Python (Apollo)
0.2 Labs- Daisy & Ruby
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Sounds good. We'll be pulling for him!
Only thing I'd change is to add some substrate. I normally would not suggest that for snakes in q/t or for any snake that might have something wrong with it, but Dumerils are naturally burrowing snakes and prefer to hide under their substrates. You could crumple up some newspaper so he could hide under that. Just trying to think of a few additional ways for him to feel secure. The more the snake can relax, the quicker he'll heal or fight off infection, etc.
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