Blood python death

[Tybalt]

I am sorry for your loss, I send my condolences.



-Tybalt

[wilomn]

Did you get any vet work done on the snake? Did you have any kind of quarentine?

It's been a full day since I asked and I am rather curious.

[littleindiangirl]

the first post was on 11-05, I'm gonna say that perhaps the OP did not choose to have a vet perform a necropsy.

[Hardwikk]

Yeah I knew that could cause problems. I wonder if that's what he meant. Cause like you a skipped shed? Never heard of it.

That's just what I call it. I meant a retained shed.

[Hardwikk]

Perhaps he meant a retained shed. I have never heard of a skipped shed being the reason for a young blood passing. A retained shed is critical, and should be assisted and removed as soon as possible.

You have never heard of that because it doesn't happen often. But a retained shed is usually fatal in young bloods if it is not taken care of immediately.

[2kdime]

You have never heard of that because it doesn't happen often. But a retained shed is usually fatal in young bloods if it is not taken care of immediately.

A retained shed sure; may not happen often. And can do some harm. Even fatal.

But a SKIPPED SHED??
That's what was said could have been a problem. And has not been explained. I think the vocabulary is just wrong here.

[wilomn]

You have never heard of that because it doesn't happen often. But a retained shed is usually fatal in young bloods if it is not taken care of immediately.

I'm curious about this. Is there documentation of this someplace?

thanks

[Kara]

I would think (hope?) a skipped shed refers to a retained shed. Blood & short-tailed pythons typically don't shed for 60-90 days post-hatch, so it's easy for an uninitiated keeper to become confused when dealing with young animals from any of the three species.

$.02

[wilomn]

Also nagini, I'd still like to know if the snake ever saw a vet or had a fecal done on it.

[littleindiangirl]

You have never heard of that because it doesn't happen often. But a retained shed is usually fatal in young bloods if it is not taken care of immediately.

Again, I believe your referring to a retained shed. Calling it a skipped shed is confusing and the wrong use of the term.

Like Kara said, I hope you mean a retained shed. A skipped shed isn't an actual problem as far as I know, as you cannot schedule a shed.
IF you are indeed referring to the first shed of a blood, Nagini's animal I believe was a few months old (6 mo.?), and should have been well past that stage.

The most suspicious COD (for me anyways) is either impaction or parasites, like someone stated in a previous post.
I have no evidence of either, but it's something to think about with no real proof of the cause of death.