I would like to respond to some of the posts here to clarify some misconceptions stated by members. First of all, I originally posted on the “Alterna Forum” on kingsnake.com. My intent was to make people aware of problems using Cell-Sorb Plus® with their Sonora Mountain Kingsnakes and Gray-banded Kingsnakes. I want to point out in my post on kingsnake, I spelled the name of the product correctly. I had nothing to do whatsoever with posting here….the misspellings are not mine, but whoever posted. Furthermore, I don’t think I would have had problems within a month or so of using this product because “Urates and Urin” built up in the enclosure. Why? Because the time period was for the greater part during brumation, when limited amounts of wastes were produced by these animals.
Some other misconceptions/opinions I would like to address is that I do think bacteria caused my problems; however, bacteria are present everywhere and healthy snakes are able to combat infection. I feel that the Cell-Sorb Plus® stressed out my animals so that bacteria could more easily infect the snakes. I don’t feel that I am “blaming leprosy on the carpeting in your house because it caused foot soars.” Also, as far as the scratched up faces, the snake depicted in the image was not photographed after death. The animal is still alive and never once did I observe it trashing around in its enclosure in pain. In fact, once removed from Cell-Sorb Plus®, the condition of the animal improved dramatically.
Also, if you check out Captive Bred Forum, someone else posted having similar problems with Cell-Sorb Plus®. I am only posting about this product as a cautionary note. I have no intentions other than to let snake keepers know of the problems I had with the product using it with medium-sized colubrid snakes.
Finally, whoever posted for me here on the Ball Python forum….thank you. I truly appreciate it. If you have any further questions, do not hesitate to ask. G. Merker
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