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2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
Hi.
I just wanted to check my corns before i go to bed and found them both dead,they were fine like 7 hours before but now both are without eyes and their head look dried out.
How could something like this happen?
Their cages where not far next to each other,i also have a leopard gecko in that room and i hope he didn't get what they had.
Temps and hydro where ok.
One was on coconut shavings and the other on paper towels.
Please help me.
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
Originally Posted by Patrick Long
Their eyes are gone?
Yeah it looks like the only thing left in the head area is the skin,the rest looks normal.
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Sounds like they were either overheated or dehydrated.
How are you measuring temps? What are the temps? Where are you measuring?
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
OMG I'm so sorry!!
That seems so strange. I am definitely interested to know what happened to them if you ever find out. I'm sorry that I have no answers for you.
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
Originally Posted by BastianUSA
Hi.
I just wanted to check my corns before i go to bed and found them both dead,they were fine like 7 hours before but now both are without eyes and their head look dried out.
How could something like this happen?
Their cages where not far next to each other,i also have a leopard gecko in that room and i hope he didn't get what they had.
Temps and hydro where ok.
One was on coconut shavings and the other on paper towels.
Please help me.
Are you sure...the temps and humidity were ok?
This seems very strange to me as Corn's are very well known for being a hardy snake. They can adjust to most temp fluctuatons.
How hot was your hot side and what was the humidity?
Also...did you leave a rodent in with hem to eat?
Corns...I should say snakes...don't typically just dry up and die.
I would like to know more about how you were housing them.
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
I am so sorry! I hope you found out what happened. Maybe an electrical surge caused overheating?
My condolences.
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
Ok so the tank was 10 gallons on both, one was heated with an UTH and the other with a lamp from above(50 watt 24 hour red light with lamp stand) both had a humidity at about 30-40% and sometmes a little higher(10 gallon made a few problems).
Temp was at around 88-89 degrees on the hot and 80-84 on the cooler side.
Water was always cleaned and there was no rodent in there,one was fed a few days before and ate good.
One was housed on coconut shavings and the other on paper towels.
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Re: 2 Cornsnakes found dead :-(
That really sucks. So sorry to hear. I would contact a vet asap about a necropsy being done on them. It'll cost you, but if the temps and husbandry were good you don't want to be risking something contagious with other animals you might have or bring in.
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