Need urgent advice

[Snake_Freak]

Hello
a couple weaks ago one of my snakes was acting weard it was verry slow not active when i put him in quarantine he was doing better and he went back to normal again but just now i checked on him and i saw a strange thing he has 3 or 4 strange bumps on his body i dont know what they are
can somebody please help me with this??

[Lulu Bennett]

pics might help as it could be a number of things.

[Stefan-A]

Parasites, bacterial infection or cancer, for example.

I've always wondered how these lumps always afflict garters. :confused:

[Snake_Freak]

it was verry hard to make a picture i was able to make one but it isnt verry good but you can see the lump the white thing in the picture
should i visit a vet?
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[drache]

you're right - not very good pic
I don't think I've ever seen anything like that white lump
what is the texture like?
it looks fuzzy

[Snake_Freak]

no its not fussy its a bit hard

[Snake_Freak]

what should i do??

grtz Seppe

[Thamnophis]

Go to a vet or an experienced snakekeeper in your neighbourhood.

[Gijs & Sabine]

I've never seen anything like this :confused:
In the past we had some garters with little lumps. This was because the enclosure was too moist. Now we keep them very dry with a not very big waterbowl. We never had that problem since. But the lump on your ribbon is much bigger. So I'll advize you as well to go to a vet.

[adamanteus]

Yeah, the vet is the man to sort this one. Good luck.

[Lulu Bennett]

i agree. you actually have everyone stumped on this one so i too suggest you go to the vet.

[zooplan]

Hi Seppe,
hope you can get a better picture and help from your vet.
And off course we are all interessted what it is.

[Cazador]

Yikes... very blurry picture, but it looks like a parasite that has recently emerged from under the skin. What did the vet say?

[Snake_Freak]

i every one
i went to the vet and he sad it was a verry rare but deadly disease and he must have gotten 3 years ago and it was already to bad so he had to be euthanised :( it seems that he had gotten the diseas from his last owner because i only have this snake for like 2 years it is verry sad
thank you all verry much for your advices

[adamanteus]

Hi Seppe. I'm sorry to hear the unfortunate outcome of the vet visit. Did the vet name the disease?

[enigma200316]

sorry to hear of the loss...............:(

[anji1971]

Very sorry to hear the sad news:(:(, but please let everyone know what the vet said, because maybe we can prevent this from happening to anyone else.

[Sid]

Like the others, I'm truely sorry to hear of the loss.

[drache]

I'm so sorry about your loss, Seppe
and I'm also curious about your vet visit

[Stefan-A]

Sorry to hear about your loss. :(

[Snake_Freak]

the vet said it was some kind of verry rare parasite it seems that he have gotten it many years ago he said he had nver seen a snake with this kind of parasite at first he dind't knew it was a parasite but because it is on him for so long it was to late to save my snake :(

[salzar]

so sorry for your loss, gosh how sad.
we lose some good friends in our snakes . folks just do not get it when we talk about our snakes like we talk about our dogs or cats , but we understand that a loss hurts no matter what animal it is . gosh I remember crying when seattle slew died heart breaking my thaughts are with you..
bye
michelle