At a loss

[lillyorchid]

Sadly this little guy passed away sometime between yesterday and this morning. I just found his little lifeless body. A crying shame! Dr. Gold tried. We got the skin off of him. Flagy didn't work nor did this little guy have any kind of eating instinct anymore. We force fed him a pinky in hope he'd eat on his own. No, that too didn't work. I tried to force feed him another pinky the other night and he had no swallowing motion at all. He wasn't drinking to keep hydrated. His belly had turned a dark color again. I guess something more was going on in the inside of him that wasn't apparent on the outside. Very sad. He was very unique looking and beautiful. May he rest in peace.

[flynn]

Sorry for the loss. By the sounds of it you did everything you could have.

[dr del]

Aww,

Sorry to hear that.


dr del

[Minja777]

Sorry for your loss

[Big Gunns]

Sadly this little guy passed away sometime between yesterday and this morning. I just found his little lifeless body. A crying shame! Dr. Gold tried. We got the skin off of him. Flagy didn't work nor did this little guy have any kind of eating instinct anymore. We force fed him a pinky in hope he'd eat on his own. No, that too didn't work. I tried to force feed him another pinky the other night and he had no swallowing motion at all. He wasn't drinking to keep hydrated. His belly had turned a dark color again. I guess something more was going on in the inside of him that wasn't apparent on the outside. Very sad. He was very unique looking and beautiful. May he rest in peace.

Everyone needs to learn from your loss. Big Gunns has tried to emphasize it many times. When your snake regurgitates a meal....IT CAN BE FATAL!!!!! You really need to be "on top of it" and "baby" your snake back to health. If there is a second gurge, you'll definitely need a Vet visit.

Since Lilly had just bought this snake and it gurged it's first meal, it may have had problems to begin with....there is a good chance this was not it's first gurge. If you buy a snake and it regurgitates it's first meal, be in contact with the buyer right away(although in BG's experience, it's usually the buyers husbandry that causes it and not a sick snake from the seller). If all your temps are right on, and you didn't handle it too much, you'll need a Vet visit IMMEDIATELY. The seller is never gonna tell you it gurged before, so you need to assume it did.

Flagyl has always worked great for Big Gunns(he just saved a snake with it), but sometimes a snake can be too far gone. Make sure everyone heeds Big Gunns words. The consequences of not doing so are always bad.


Really sorry to hear this Lilly. Since Big Gunns knows Dr. Gold knows his stuff, BG is sure he did all he could. Although BG is a leeetle concerned with you force feeding it, this usually turns out bad on a really weak snake. Big Gunns will sometimes shoot some egg down the throat of a weak snake since it's a lot easier to digest. Trying to digest even a pinkie, can sometimes be too much. Liquid egg(egg scrambled in a dish) is a great source of protein and easy to digest.

[lillyorchid]

Thanks BG. Sadly I too think he was sick way before I bought him and it was just going down hill after it. I've been around a lot of baby BP's and never saw one have these issues or go down hill that fast. Sadly the seller hasn't gotten back to me since I let him know about this snakes problems. Not surprised. I should have known better and bought from a more reliable source.

[BPelizabeth]

Wow I am so sorry that you lost your little guy!!

[Minja777]

Allison ,
I know what you mean , I too have a sick albino ball that I just bought the 23rd and turns out to have an RI and mouth rot... Would have been better for myself to have gone to a reliable source as well. My only upside is she no doubt would have died with the seller , at least with me she has a chance of making it.

You gave the little guy a fighting chance. I am sorry though that he didn't make it.

Good luck with the seller...

[2kdime]

Did you necropsy Allison?

Did the vet have ANY idea what it was?

Im so sorry

[lillyorchid]

Dr. Gold said he looked like a newly hatched baby who hadn't shed yet. I told him he hatched back in July so he was surprised and said he was severly under weight from hatching in July and it appered that he had never eaten before. I said that he had poo'd the day I got him but other then that he never went again. I told him how he regured and he went on to say that could alone kill a baby snake, I knew this but I was not expecting it since all but 2 snakes I've ever had have been babies when I bought them. He said that Flagyl would be the best for him but it may be to late. I kind of knew it last week, he just seemed like he gave up on everything. Also he wasn't drinking on his own which was another major problem. Sadly I think he hatched out with some issues and was one of those who wasn't made to make it. He was so neat looking. At this time I don't plan on having a necropsy done.