Yafe - Albino Carpet Progression Thread

[Bogertophis]

Great news, taken cautiously but optimistically.

[Jakethesnake69]

Nice, long time awaited but totally agree on the cautious optimism.

[dakski]

Great news, taken cautiously but optimistically.

Nice, long time awaited but totally agree on the cautious optimism.

Yes. Very cautiously optimistic.

Not getting ahead of myself.

However, if next Thursday, he is symptom free, and has a mouse in his belly, we are going to party like it is the Cretaceous Period!

[Bogertophis]

You betcha!

[richardhind1972]

Well fingers crossed for you all



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[dakski]

More good news (I think) on Yafe.

Yafe spent the entire day curled up in his cool hide. He's explored his tank, but has not spent any noticeable time on the cool side since I got him. It's about 78F in the cool side.

My thought is that being sick, he really needed the warmth of the warm side and hot spot(s) to heal. Now that he appears to be feeling better, he can thermoregulate as he wishes. Again, just a thought, and I could be off base.

I'll update again Thursday evening (2 days) after his last injection, and over the week after, including feeding the following Thursday.

[Jakethesnake69]

Seems like great logic, I know my snakes utilize both sides so that’s a big change for Yafe and must be a good indicator of health.

[dakski]

I sent the email below to both my vet and the vet I saw at Tufts who prescribed the Ceftazidime.

I see he is improving, but am still concerned he doesn't seem that he's healed yet.

Additionally, he's not flicking his tongue. That worries me. Tongue flicks = happy snake.



Yafe got his final injection (10th) of Ceftazidime tonight.

He has been improving overall, but although, at times, symptom free, he is not completely symptom free consistently.

When he got his last injection - 3 days ago, he seemed pretty good and made no audible pops or wheezes.

Tonight, there were some pops, but they were quiet.

He has not flicked his tongue since 3 injections ago. Not sure what that means, but it worries me.

Additionally, and seemingly unusual, he had some of the flailing again today. He seems to grip my arm, for example, and that makes him uncomfortable - the gripping (it's a strain?) and so he grips very tight ultimately, and seems to lose control of his upper body to some extent, and flails around. It's clearly not neurological, but from discomfort.

He hasn't done that in at least a week.

I am not sure if I should see where he is Sunday/Monday once this dose has had time to work, give him longer, or if we should plan to continue injections for longer.

[zina10]

I don't mean to scare you, but I've heard a lot about Nido Virus. Apparently it is far more wide spread then previously thought. Esp. since not all breeders are very forth coming with admitting it may be in their collection. Or they just don't test.
Esp. with Carpet Pythons..it wouldn't hurt to rule it out.
Here is one video that explains how to do the test from home

https://youtu.be/g6IzrBZSZqA


Another video


https://youtu.be/j2YMvgwrNDw


Again. Not tying to worry or scare you. But it may not be such a bad idea to run the test. Esp. since things haven't progressed the way they should have. At least you would know...or you could rule it out.


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[Bogertophis]

That's a very helpful video, thanks zina10....& I think it's a good idea for Yafe too, considering he still has symptoms.

Dakski, the lack of a tongue flick can indicate there's a sticky infection of some sort going on, the same thing that causes the little popping noises as the
air tries to push thru. Tongue flicks aren't just a "happy snake" but the sign of a healthy snake too.
When it's harder to flick their tongue, they just don't do it. I'm glad you contacted your vets, but so sorry that it was necessary. C'mon Yafe, get well!