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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
Originally Posted by Pippers
I also forgot to mention last night when I posted this, that his hemipenes are sticking out of his body..
How long has it been like that for?
It is okay to use pine bedding for snakes.
It is okay to feed live food to snakes.
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
Originally Posted by Pippers
I am not trying to question what you guys know so I will switch to hoppers immediately, 5 days a week, but in my gut I feel as if there is something larger at work here. Jesus do I hope it's just underfeeding.
Mouse hopper or rat fuzzy every 3-4 days, not five days a week. He's very thin.
If he was constipated he's likely dehydrated as well as underfed. He looks dehydrated in the pictures as well. Make a humid hide for him since your tank isn't getting the job done. Also offer his f/t feeders wet.
How are you measuring humidity? Those little analog stick-on hygrometers are wildly inaccurate.
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
His hemipenes have been sticking out for maybe 2 months..it could be longer I'm not sure.
Also, he drinks quite often..I catch him on his water bowl alot. And my only measure of humidity is the wildly inaccurate analog hygrometer.
Last edited by Pippers; 01-16-2016 at 11:03 AM.
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While there is room for improvement in the husbandry, my guess on the main problem would be something internal. That is just a guess.
Last year, I raised a small meat rabbit that never grew much. I butchered her along with the rest of the litter when they reached weight. Her organs looked normal except for the liver, which had a fatty yellow tumour looking growth over the surface, and also seemed to be bound in shiney white threads.
Sadly, I wouldn't expect your snake to last much longer. A necropsy might give some indication as to what the problem is.
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
Originally Posted by distaff
Sadly, I wouldn't expect your snake to last much longer. A necropsy might give some indication as to what the problem is.
I don't know about that. Pip is a strong one, isn't a surprise he's still chuggin as it is? He's seems completely normal as far as behavior goes, I pick him up and his tongue flicks everywhere, explores everywhere. He acts far from dead to me and I'm not giving up on him.
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
Originally Posted by bcr229
Mouse hopper or rat fuzzy every 3-4 days, not five days a week.
Oops sorry! Meant every 5 days lol
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I'm not asking you to give up on him, but the hemipenes out is not a good sign.
Just suggesting that you be emotionally prepared.
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Re: One and a half year old snake, 50 grams?
True. I thought it may be due to his sexual organs maturing faster than his body was growing, so they had nowhere to go but out. That's my best guess since I couldn't find anything like this on the internet.
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What are you using to regulate and measure your heat sources?
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