My Snake Has a Lump...

[Earl]

Please do post the results!! It seems anyone lately who has taken they're snake to the vet with poop problems ends up leaving the place with success. A poop free blood, and a vet office whose paint is peeling off the walls.

Just you wait, the smell of it will send you reeling. Months upon months of saved up dookie assaulting your senses all at once.

You will never be the same again...if you survive.

[plummer]

hahahaha thats funny. but

yea i would love to hear the results when he goes. GL

[2kdime]

Well hey hey hey its wednesday!!!!

If I recall today was the day you were taking him to the vet. Ill be watching this thread tonight for an update.

Hopefully a good one!!!

[Dvas_Romeo]

Hey hey indeed it is!

I'm taking Jelly in tonight (7pm Toronto time appointment) and will share the results with you's later this evening!

[elevatethis]

I had a female bp do the same thing a couple of months ago, and found a similar looking lump but more towards the back of her.

I gently palpated her (as you were looking for follicles) a couple of times, I felt the mass break up, and the most disgusting moment of my herp keeping life took place immediately after.

Snakes have a relatively simple digestive track so a little massage is probably all he needs.

I would bet that mass is either a large urate or a blockage caused by one, and I have been told that large urates like that can be caused by the snake not drinking enough for whatever reasons.

[Dvas_Romeo]

I had a female bp do the same thing a couple of months ago, and found a similar looking lump but more towards the back of her.

I gently palpated her (as you were looking for follicles) a couple of times, I felt the mass break up, and the most disgusting moment of my herp keeping life took place immediately after.

Snakes have a relatively simple digestive track so a little massage is probably all he needs.

I would bet that mass is either a large urate or a blockage caused by one, and I have been told that large urates like that can be caused by the snake not drinking enough for whatever reasons.

Hi Brad, to be considered the most disgusting moment of your herp life if must've been pretty bad, haha!

I tried feeling the lump area before but hadn't really dared try to massage/squeeze it as I was afraid I'd end up doing more damage than good.

My blood doesn't drink that much...not that I notice anyhow. I do notice that after handling Jelly and putting back into the enclosure near the waterbowl he'll usually go for a long drink. I also soak him a few times a week to try to keep him hydrated and encourage drinking.

Hopefully we can get to the bottom of this mysterious lump issue tonight! I'm crossing my fingers that at worst it's just a case of hard urates!!

[2kdime]

Yeah hopefully its something simple. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hopefully all is well and your vet has a trick up his sleeve to get em to poop. That way you can let me in on it.

Again hopefully all is well. And there's nothing serious going on. Good luck to you!! Don't forget to post up later!!

[littleindiangirl]

Kara has said that some bloods are extra picky about fresh water. Perhaps giving him fresh water everymorning will help him in the case he is dehydrated. good luck, I am on the edge of my seat for the results.

[2kdime]

My fingers are bleeding from the biting of me waiting in anticipation!!

[Dvas_Romeo]

Haha...you guys are too much...but I'm very happy you're sincerely concerned about Jelly as well!

I took Jelly to the vet tonight and after having an x-ray, the vet confirmed Jelly's just full of - you know what - and that's what the lump is. He suggested I swim him a few minutes each of the next few nights as well as soaking him (which I've done a few days of the last 3 weeks). We'll touch base this Saturday and if Jelly hasn't released some of this waste by then, the doc said he will need to give Jelly an enema because Jelly's just so full that it's causing that lump!