Quote Originally Posted by Lord Sorril View Post
I suspect your snake was harboring a pathogen on arrival or picked one up soon after. Perfect husbandry may have prevented the snake from becoming ill--there is no certainty though.

I think the Vet issuing antibiotics was the textbook move. I suspect they do this because this method works some of the time. I don't agree with this procedure-it either fixes the issue or makes things worse. In this case I suspect it will make things worse, but, I am just guessing based on the small information provided.

I would work on establishing a better setup with ideal temps. and realize that this may be a learning experience.
Thank you for your thoughts & advice.
The vets both said it’s difficult to tell what caused the septicemia.
After discussing the tank set up, they felt it was likely ill when we received him. No way to know though.

They are in lifesaving mode now. This the antibiotics & feeding schedule. Perhaps we should put him down but we felt like if we could save him, we wanted to try. He’s a sweet boy & we’re hoping he can pull through.

People keep talking about perfect husbandry & I honestly don’t know what she/we could have done better.
I wish we had addressed feeding issues earlier. Definitely. We read everything we could & tried every feeding method out there. That’s why the vets thought maybe he was already ill, explaining his lack of eating. Idk.

Can you plz detail what you see as an ideal setup, temps, etc as both vets felt everything was perfect.

Thx, again for the input.