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Sounds to me that he probably starved to death because he never felt secure/comfortable enough to eat. You have learned a hard lesson. You cannot fix this in any way but you can make sure it never, ever happens again.
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I really don't know what caused the dead tbh, would the mites have made him anaemic or caused him to lose a lot of blood?? Plus having no food, he would of been very week you would have thought? But he was exploring his cage most nights even up to his death. I would of thought he would of been very weak and never active, but that wasn't the case.
Yes it can be a combination of both especially if the animal was very young and did not eat for that long.
While a snake that is healthy and has a good body weight can spend months without food, it would not be true for a hatchlings that had mite issue on the top of it.
Ultimately no one can tell you for certain except your vet by doing a necropsy.
And in the future (if you get another animal) keep in mind that mite off does not work as it only treat the adult stage not the eggs, only PAM (Provent a mite) and similar product that treat all stages work.
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Re: My snake just died:'(
So sorry for the loss. Mites are the scourge of all ball pythons and snakes bc of the myriad of diseases they cause. They can definitely be the cause of death in many a reptile. This is why it's so important to eradicate them at all levels quickly and completely. You did the best you could under the circumstances. We live and learn from our experiences along the way. My condolences again for your loss.
Stay in peace and not pieces.
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Sorry For your loss
The groove you see on his neck is his esophagus. It's not really actually protruding, it looks that way from weight loss.
The one thing I found that you can count on about Balls is that they are consistent about their inconsistentcy.
1.2 Coastal Carpet Pythons
Mack The Knife, 2013
Lizzy, 2010
Etta, 2013
1.1 Jungle Carpet Pythons
Esmarelda , 2014
Sundance, 2012
2.0 Common BI Boas, Punch, 2005; Butch, age?
0.1 Normal Ball Python, Elvira, 2001
0.1 Olive (Aussie) Python, Olivia, 2017
Please excuse the spelling in my posts. Auto-Correct is my worst enema.
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Re: My snake just died:'(
So sorry for your loss :'( i actually feel bad
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My condolences. Just work hard to ensure this doesn't happen again. Hard lesson to learn.
Streller
1.0 Normal - Poseidon - Adult
0.1 Lesser YB - Amphitrite - Adult
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Re: My snake just died:'(
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The indent you see goes along the Belly Scale change... When a belly is sucked in that is ussually starvation. I dont know how long you owned the snake, how often he ate before July, how old it was or any History to get a idea.. But Mites can overcome a snake. They live off of them and if they kept coming back because you were working and didnt get to all the treatments I think you've answered what happened.. Snakes will also go Off feed because if Mites. Im not a Vet but it sounds like this could have been avoided like you mentioned in your post... Thats a shame. The minute our lives do not allow us to take care of those dependent on us is when we need to think about adopting them out to someone that has the time to take care of them.
Name: Christian
0.1 Albino Ball (Sophie)
0.1 Russo White Diamond (Grace)
1.0 Hypo Burmese (Giacomo/AKA Jock)
1.2 Razors Edge/Gotti & American Pit Bull
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1.0 Albino Ball (Sully)
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So sorry you had to learn this way. My young BP also has mites but luckily he's been eating. Ivermectin spray is the best mite treatment IMHO based on my other reptile experiences with mites. Did he have access to clean water? Was he drinking regularly? My condolences, but hopefully now it won't happen again.
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Re: My snake just died:'(
Originally Posted by JodanOrNoDan
Sounds to me that he probably starved to death because he never felt secure/comfortable enough to eat. You have learned a hard lesson. You cannot fix this in any way but you can make sure it never, ever happens again.
He must of been comfortable at first because he ate twice, but then just lost interest the third week.
I'm definitely never going to let this happen again. I'm pretty upset that I even let it get this far.
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