b1 deficiency

[crzy_kevo]

well my babies mainly turk seemed to be showing signs of b1 deficiency as i expected would eventually happen because of the main iet of fish i had been hoping that i would have had some pinkies to feed them before they started showing any signs of this but i went out yesterday and got a disgustingly expensive container of vitamin supplement cost me $22 after taxes but it was the only one of 2 available that had thiamin in it (the other one cost $8 + tax)

anyways the signs i was seeing is a couple times turk had decided to flip upside down and stiffin all his muscles making himself seem rigid and there was a little musk coming out of him as well and would some times try moving around upside down really wierd like the female did this once

anyways i gave them some food with the supplement today and added a little to the water hopefully this will fix the problems

[infernalis]

Fingers crossed for you Kevin.....

Damn, I hope they get better for you.

[crzy_kevo]

they should get better it first happened about a week ago


and they dont show signs that often like i said its only been twice for turk and once for squirt that i noticed this and last time i saw it was about 3 days ago

im not too worried but i am still keeping a close eye on them

and im still amazed at how much they have growni in the past month

[reptile3]

Sounds like you know what your doing Kevin, I hope they do well!!

[anji1971]

Good luck, Kevin. Hope they're all okay!

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

were you feeding them the bad kind of fish? thats really weird, because in my younger days when I knew no better... I fed even my baby garters parts of goldfish and they lived. grew, and went on for a considerable amount of time before they ever started to have any kinds of problems. When they did have problems.... it was not like that. They eventually jsut became malnourished looking and passed away suddenly. (keep in mind i was still a child and had no idea) How long were they eating fish for? I have customers say to me all the time after I tell them goldfish are bad that "oh that snakes been eating them for years hes fine"... I try to tell them its not fine but it's so hard to do so when just because their snake is still alive they think it's okay... and then they look at me like im an idiot when really I just care about their snake...I've had people make me blue in the face already!

how is it that your snakes are doing this after only a little while? Something is not right here

[ssssnakeluvr]

what kind of fish are you feeding....it doesn't show up fast... also, garters can grow up just fine on a diet of only fish....

[jitami]

Yikes Shannon....sorry about your recent losses & prayers that you have no more!!!

Kevin, good luck with Turk and Squirt. Isn't it nice to have these "experts" at your fingertips when something like this comes up?

[snakeman]

I used to feed my garters fish(roseys) until the were big enough to eat whole pinks.I don't do it anymore.I only had one instance where a snake started showing signs and it was quick.It also went away quick when I got it to eat small frogs.Every snake is a individual.Just like some people smoke for 80 years with few problems.then some die before they turn 50.

[crzy_kevo]

ya how quick did that snake recover just so i know how long to look for this and signs of improvement