found my female bp dead this morning

[chago11]

Where do you get your feeders? My boyfriend had a BP for a few years when he was younger that took a rat he offered very reluctantly (she normally had a good feeding response, just didn't seem to like the one he got for her that day). After she finally ate it, he found her the next morning with it regurged and his snake dead. The feeder was from his local petco/petsmart and he figures it was something in the rat

I had 2 cornsnakes that died after eating a mice from the local pet store.

[babyknees]

If it was me I'd get a necropsy done. I'm sorry for your loss.

[Pickenprod]

Where do you get your feeders? My boyfriend had a BP for a few years when he was younger that took a rat he offered very reluctantly (she normally had a good feeding response, just didn't seem to like the one he got for her that day). After she finally ate it, he found her the next morning with it regurged and his snake dead. The feeder was from his local petco/petsmart and he figures it was something in the rat

Oh my god, that's horrible! Well now I've got an even better reason than price to order my rodents online. Geez. I wonder if the pet store would even do anything about that if one complained.

[Valentine Pirate]

Oh my god, that's horrible! Well now I've got an even better reason than price to order my rodents online. Geez. I wonder if the pet store would even do anything about that if one complained.

Probably not, as their live rodents are meant to be sold as pets and not feeders. I've heard that if sales associates find out you're going to feed the fuzzy things to snakes they can refuse the sale. He and I both get our animals F/T from local suppliers and online now, haven't had a problem yet I'm excited too because he loves the little normal male I got as a freebie when I bought my fire girl, gives him a chance to have a pet snake again and with a ton more info than he had available before (pet store info)

[Salamander Rising]

I had 2 cornsnakes that died after eating a mice from the local pet store.

Rodents being sold as pets in stores are often on either preventative or treatment antibiotics for the opportunistic pathogens they *all* naturally harbor and frequently manifest as respiratory illness due to the stress of shipping and crowded conditions in the store.

I know I've read here about some antibiotics being very dangerous to snakes.

[Munizfire]

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[decensored]

Your temps are about five degrees too high on both ends...but that in and of itself shouldn't cause such a severe issue, I don't think. We'd need to have a LOT more information if you wanted us to make any guesses about what might have happened.

How old was the baby?
How long have you had it?
Who did you get it from?
Has it eaten for you before?
What else can you tell us about its enclosure?
-- Substrate
-- Heating source
-- Humidity levels
-- Type of enclosure
-- How you're measuring temps and humidity

The more information you can give us, the better chance we would have at giving educated guesses.

this, i was surprised you had your temps up to 95

[Rat160]

We're you feeding f/t? I've heard of people's snakes dying because the rodent wash properly thawed. When the snake ate the partially frozen rodent it froze the snake from the inside. Just something I heard, I personally feed live so just a stab in the dark here.

[enchantress62]

I don't know why your bp died but I am sorry for your loss. I know how you feel however, I bought a baby pb at Petsmart and a week after purchasing her she died. I was devistated. Nothing seemed to be wrong, no RI, no mouth rot, no loose stools, no sign of injury, but she died anyway. Petsmart was kind to me and gave me another bp which is thriving so who knows why the other one died. It's frustrating but sometimes there is no answer.

[decensored]

We're you feeding f/t? I've heard of people's snakes dying because the rodent wash properly thawed. When the snake ate the partially frozen rodent it froze the snake from the inside. Just something I heard, I personally feed live so just a stab in the dark here.

there are actually more pros than cons to feeding f/t. As long as you make sure that your prey is properly thawed/heated than you have nothing to worry about. I have half of my animals on f/t and half on live. personally i hate live feeding. I panic every time they miss the headshot.