Blind Snake.

[guidofatherof5]

I received a couple of snakes in the mail today. I knew the male was having some medical issues. When I unpacked this male I noticed very quickly some of his problems. The first thing I noticed was no tongue flicking at all. He also moved very slowly. Like he was in slow motion. Since I had an appointment with my Vet. to pick up a recovering turtle I decided to take this little man over for a check-up. While in the exam. room it became apparent to me that this snake was blind. When my Vet. came in he quickly confirmed my observation. He also found out the eyes where rotated in an abnormal position. He believes it could be some form of meningitis.
He gave an injection of baytril(antibiotic) and a Vitamin A/D injection.
Needless to say this little one will be in our prayers.
From what I understand he's maybe the only survivor of his siblings. This also makes me believe his problems could also be genetic in nature. Time will tell.