HELP! my baby isnt moving

[Elliot]

I would wait it out for tonight first, let him get back in his cage, and try in the morning. I don't really know what else to say besides that.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

I would wait it out for tonight first, let him get back in his cage, and try in the morning. I don't really know what else to say besides that.

i gavehim a little fish and he seems to be moving his baody a little bit

[Josh]

so he ate with out force feeding?

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

so he ate with out force feeding?

no i had to force it but he seems able to move his body a little bit more it was a small salmon peice should i feed him more?

[Josh]

see i f he takes it on his own.

[drache]

is he warm enough?

[Snaky]

I doubt that it's because of lack of food... Could be that he has a spine dislocated or something, what it is it sounds quite strange.

I can't really help you, although it seems like something I've also encountered. I couldn't go to a vet anymore that day and a few hours later my snake was death. I think it was more like heart attack or something, but a dissection didn't bring out anything. If you don't trust it, go to a vet. Otherwise check all his conditions and leave the snake alone.

[adamanteus]

Reed, I'm sorry I wasn't here when this thread was started (it was 4AM here). How is he doing now? Any sign of movement?

As Snaky says, check all the environmental conditions, especially temperature. Is it possible that he injured himself during his escape?

Please keep us informed with as much imformation as you can. Good luck.

[joeysgreen]

snakes will not die, or show these symptoms from a lack of food extending a week or more. Yes, they may lose weight, but they should still be active, searching for food. You are describing an ill or injured snake, and the first thing to be done is definately NOT forcefeeding it. In addition to stress, you risk further injuring your snake. Furthermore, if the snake is such because it is dehydrated, the digestion process, or what little can take place in this condition, will further debilitate your snake. It needs to be rehydrated first.

Without knowing what is wrong with your snake, a vet needs to be consulted. Any snake that is not moving crosses the line from perhaps waiting to see how it turns out with some TLC, to it needing professional help now.

I hope that your snake has faired well, and improves.

Ian

[Ameivaboy]

Reed,

If the snake got out anything could have happened to it.
is this one of the baby pickeringii's I sold you??
If it is I will give you a nice discount on another one
you can either come to my house again or come to the reptile expo in Sacramento later this month as I will have the last of them available there
Let me know


Kevin