guidofatherof5
11-30-2009, 06:54 PM
This morning I checked on one of my T.s.p. that has been losing weight. Thank goodness she ate 1 pinky. That left one pinky that needed to be fed off. I went to one of my female enclosures and opened it up. As I opened the door I noticed one of my girls sitting out in the open. She is always an aggressive eater and I knew she would be first to take a shot at this pinky. She is always alert and when foods involved she has a striking feeding response and I do mean striking.
The first thing that caught my attention was the fact she didn't move when I opened up. I bumped her, thinking she was sleeping. It was then I realized she was sick. Very little movement and not much tongue flicking. I moved her to a different container, hoping some time alone might help. When I returned from work I found she was no better.
I picked her up and check for anything visual and ran her through my fingers feeling for lumps or anything hard. I found none of that but did notice she felt bloated. As if she were retaining a lot of air. I applied slight pressure to her belly and back and ran my had down her length.
I did see a Small amount of liquid come out of her cloaca. It smelled like musk but only 10 times as strong as regular musk.
I tried soaking her in a warm bath, hoping the warmth might help relieve some of the pressure. It didn't help and I think I'm going to euthanize her.
She is a beautiful girl and 2 days ago was behaving like her old self. I hate these unexplained illnesses/deaths.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/sick_radix.jpg
The first thing that caught my attention was the fact she didn't move when I opened up. I bumped her, thinking she was sleeping. It was then I realized she was sick. Very little movement and not much tongue flicking. I moved her to a different container, hoping some time alone might help. When I returned from work I found she was no better.
I picked her up and check for anything visual and ran her through my fingers feeling for lumps or anything hard. I found none of that but did notice she felt bloated. As if she were retaining a lot of air. I applied slight pressure to her belly and back and ran my had down her length.
I did see a Small amount of liquid come out of her cloaca. It smelled like musk but only 10 times as strong as regular musk.
I tried soaking her in a warm bath, hoping the warmth might help relieve some of the pressure. It didn't help and I think I'm going to euthanize her.
She is a beautiful girl and 2 days ago was behaving like her old self. I hate these unexplained illnesses/deaths.
http://www.thamnophis.com/thamphotos/data//500/medium/sick_radix.jpg