Hey, I've been looking around on the internet to see if I could find any information that might help to explain what might be wrong with one of our garter snakes.

We've had them for a while and they are very well cared for, but lately one of them has gotten extremely fat and has become lethargic and smelly.

We thought at first that the snake might be pregnant as one of our other snakes has babies a couple of months back, but this seems a lot different. The snake is fat all the way down to about a couple of inches of the end of its tail, where it looks "normal" size there after.

The snake is crusty where it shouldn't be and the shedding process is taking a lot longer than it would normally be expected.

The snake is more "dosile" and lethargic than usual and the smell is noticeably bad.

Our snake, is most likely sick, we think, but with what, we're not sure.

I've taken a few pictures and wondered if anyone here might have an idea as to what might be wrong with it. We love these guys and don't want them to die on us and intend to see proper veterinary care for the one that looks sickly ASAP.

Here are some pictures we've taken today:







Thank you in advance.

xx