Blockage Necropsy

[chris-uk]

Could you see any problem with the intestine near the blockage? Inflamation or a twist?
Sorry for your loss, and thanks for sharing the knowledge so that wd might be able to help another snake in a similar condition.
Couple of questions - how do you give a snake an enema? And what would you have done with the right equipment?

[guidofatherof5]

Could you see any problem with the intestine near the blockage? Inflamation or a twist?
Sorry for your loss, and thanks for sharing the knowledge so that wd might be able to help another snake in a similar condition.
Couple of questions - how do you give a snake an enema? And what would you have done with the right equipment?

I didn't see any swelling or twists.
To give the enema I used a curved tip irrigation syringe.
A very small endoscope would have given me a look at the blockage.
Being able to get a sample of the blockage would have allowed me other options that I didn't know of.
In hindsight I think a warm water enema found have help remove the blockage.

[chris-uk]

That would have to be a tiny endoscope, and the size of sample you could safely remove would be tiny so it may not have been enough to make a postive ID. You may be correct about a warm water enema, hindsight is a cruel thing.
I would have expected some inflamation around the area of the impaction - a lack of any damage there may indicate that there was an issue with bowel motility. I don't suppose you got any really close up shots of the bowel walls? I don't have a frame of reference for snake bowels, but I have a frame of reference with human anatomy.

[guidofatherof5]

No I didn't get any other photos then the ones I posted. Sorry.