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    Re: Bumps on snake - any opinion is welcome

    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesenugget View Post
    No, we didn't do a fecal on my snake. The first vet wanted to but she was wrong and I refused the fecal. I did give him injections antibiotics because they stick a needle in to see what it is, so the drugs are just something they prescribed in hopes that it was an infection. The second vet properly diagnosed him and confirmed it is not bacterial in nature or an infection without a fecal. What confirmed his diagnosis was an examination and x-ray. It may or may not show much on your x-ray because your snake appear to be in the very early stage. Mine progressed a few more months before I found the 2nd vet. By then, the x-ray showed his tail bone was partially eaten away by the mass, and the mass grew big enough to see it wrapped around the tail.

    Good luck. It's very difficult when this happens to any pet. These types of growths usually have bad prognosis for snakes, due to the proximity of where they grow. But don't give up hope. It could be an infection, who knows? Let's see what the vet finds and go from there. You will know what to do when the vet sticks a needle in the bump. If it's bleeding excessively or white clear liquid is coming out, that is very bad.

    By the way, snakes experience pain differently than us. Mine did not appear to be in pain until the last week of his life. When your snake refuses food, prolapses, getting agitated when you try to touch or pick him up (if he normally is a friendly snake), no longer doing what he would do...those are the signs when humane euthanasia is best if the condition cannot be cured.

    I will provide an update on everything no matter how it goes. I hope it will be of some help to other people.
    I just hope he will make it. I will do what ever possible here.

    Thank you for answers.

    I found a post on Redit that looked very similar to situation with my snake. but no update on what happened.

    https://www.reddit.com/r/snakes/comm...s_this_normal/

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