QT a hatchling BP just recently purchased

[muzikfreakah]

Hey guys, I am fairly new still with BPs. All of mine now were just purchased two weeks ago and have eaten about 5 times already (Spidey already sold). I have a new bumblebee hatchling arriving today also. Should I quarantine him in a different room in the house? He came from the same breeder and so far there are no known reports of iBD or some snake decease here yet.. but I will if I have to.

[Jessica Loesch]

Yep QT!

[Mohegan]

Yes, always quarantine new snakes. Even from the same breeder, different snakes may have different issues, and quarantining allows you to carefully monitor a snake's individual situation!

[muzikfreakah]

Got it. What are symptoms to look out for during QT process? The bee will for sure have a slight wobble already.. I he eats for twice
For one week, will that be a good sign that there is nothing wrong with him?


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[Mohegan]

It's a good time to break out paper towels as a substrate - this will allow you to easily spot mites. Also, wait for the first bowel movement and check out the stool (send to an exotic vet if you can) - is it the right consistency/color? Also just keep a lookout for general behavior - how active is the snake, is he/she regularly drinking water, any weird behavior that you've never noticed in any of your other snakes...

Wobble is hard, because there are so many different levels to it, so that's definitely a good think to look out for, as well!

[muzikfreakah]

Thanks! What are things to look put for on the stool? I meam stools normally contain organizms on a tollerable level right? Is there something specific to watch out for?


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[kitedemon]

Do you have access to a vet whom can run a fecal test for internal parasites? If so that is by far the best action.

If not you can check for small round egg like things and small flat yellow/white things unfortunately of the thousands of internal parasites there are a very small number that you could see with a magnifying glass and not a microscope. The next hard part is there can be internal parasites that come from food that cannot infect snakes at all but still show up, an electron microscope is needed to tell the differences.

Basically look it over and pull it apart and see if there is anything unusual if there is the next one needs a lab. There are mail order ones if you don't have access to one locally. This is far from certain.

[Lancerlot109@aol.com]

It's a good time to break out paper towels as a substrate - this will allow you to easily spot mites. Also, wait for the first bowel movement and check out the stool (send to an exotic vet if you can) - is it the right consistency/color? Also just keep a lookout for general behavior - how active is the snake, is he/she regularly drinking water, any weird behavior that you've never noticed in any of your other snakes...

Wobble is hard, because there are so many different levels to it, so that's definitely a good think to look out for, as well!

is it the right consistency/color?.. can you explain more on this?

[Mohegan]

As far as parasites go, you will not be able to see them. Generally, the biggest colony of parasites will remain inside your snake - the only thing that comes out in the fecal matter are eggs, which are too small to see with the naked eye. If you happen to own a nice microscope and have your own slides, I'd be more than happy to explain to you the best way to do your own at-home fecal flotation, but it really is best left to vets! (It happens to be one of my daily tasks at work lol)

Consistency and color - you want to make sure each part of the poop is just right. There will be some clear fluid with the poop, that is normal - it should be either clearish or a bit yellow in color. There should be some dark brown matter too - this should be hardish and well-formed. You should also see some white chunks - these should be either plain white or off-white, and should be well-formed but softer than the brown parts.

[muzikfreakah]

That is exactly how my guy at the office described the poop he saw under my keyboard yesterday, unfortunately, I didn't see it as they cleaned it up already and They didn't know it was my snake who pooped.

So fa he looks fine, will try to feed him tonight already since it is also the feeding sched of my two other hatchlings

So far, he is active, when I placed a hide over his head, he stayed there and judging from the poop description, everything is looking good so far.