Been a While

[alpine]

Hey All,

It's been a while since I posted here. I was just posting with my happiness for getting a brand new Spider ball python. He is a beautiful little guy and I am happy to have him and pictures will be posted in a few hours when I can get some good images. But I have a quick question... This guy is the second spider that I purchased. The first one SEEMED healthy but when I got him home I noticed some bleeding from his vent... I was concerned and started to monitor it, I took him out and examined him and he seemed to be attempting to poop, he was lifting his tail as if he were going to and on closer inspection I saw blood. I was REALLY worried and called the shop that I got him from (I really like the shop and have been a patron for years) to explain my concern. I came in this morning and spoke with the owner who assured me that he hadn't noticed any issues with either the little guy that I had got or the other two from the same clutch. But really his assurances didn't change what I had seen. I have heard that sometimes when BPs shed they can bleed from the vent area but my concern is that this guy hadn't shed in a while (or so said the employee who helped me with him) and he was acting fairly normally other than the odd movements with his tail., I was just really concerned with it. And I think after spending a fair bit of money on him I have every right to voice concerns especially considering when I noticed the issues I hadn't had him for 48 hours. After assuring me that there was nothing wrong with the snake that he could see and exhausting every question he could ask as to what might have caused the issue he ended up giving me one of the little guys siblings... I guess what I am really wondering is if my concerns were truly warranted?... Does anyone here have any experience with this kind of issue? Perhaps I was just being paranoid... But in either case I feel justified in my concerns... Pictures to come later as well.

[MootWorm]

How much blood are we talking? Would you happen to have pictures? And maybe I read this wrong, but do you still have spider #1? Or was it an even exchange?

[alpine]

It was an even exchange, he took back the one I was concerned about and I got a different one. Unfortunately I didn't take pictures, when I noticed the issue I was heading off for work and I came home and there were a few more. I took him in the next day. I went in and showed the shop owner what I had noticed. I showed him the paper towels but there was a few rather large drops and a few smaller ones.

[MootWorm]

Ok gotcha. Unfortunately there's no telling if it had been a serious issue or if he was just gearing up for a shed. If you're really concerned, you can take your new guy to a vet and have him checked for parasites.

[alpine]

I probably will... I just felt bad because I was seriously concerned and the shop owner was pretty dismissive... But to each their own I suppose, I think he thought I was trying to run a scam or something but I legitimately was just truly concerned with the welfare of the snake...

For now I have this guy on quarantine on paper towels to monitor for anything that could indicate a problem and we will go from there.

[alpine]

Here are the pics of this little guy. I really think that he looks pretty good. His lines aren't too thin and I legitimately think he is pretty cool [IMG][/IMG]

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[Crazymonkee]

Nice! Congrats!

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[alpine]

Thanks. I think he looks really good. Seems like a wee bit of a spitfire too. He hissed at me when I was getting those pics. I just find them adorable though.