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    hello
    i need some help
    i think my snake is sick because normally when i check is enclosure en i get too close hea is scared en takes off very quik but when i last checked he didnt even respond and is now very slow and doesnt eat en it looks like he has a split tung

    can somebody please help me ? schould i go directly to a vet ?

    (sorry for the bad english because i am from holland )

    Grtz Seppe

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    Re: help please!

    He may be about to shed, and if you mean he has a split tounge, all garters have split tounges.
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    Re: help please!

    What speci do you keep?
    What size(length and weight) is it?
    What does happen when you take it in your hand?
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    no i know for sure that he wont shed because i knowit when he does an with i split tung i mean really a split tung nog just i little bit split but the tung is then almost whole split al my snakes dont have that and this one didnt have either
    and he doestn move well either a bit shocky ( i dont know how to explain it in english)

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    uhh it is a thamnophis sauritus
    and when i take in my hand it strugles a little bit and normally it would strugle a lot its now just very slow and its about 80 cm long its a male and about 4 or 5 years old

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    Re: help please!

    my checkereds tend to get slow when they are due to shed.

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    when did you check him last time with every thing was all right?
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    Re: help please!

    I've never had anything like what you described, certainly not a split tongue. The 'shocky' movement is rather alarming for me. I've had something similar with a snake and that did not end well .If you can I would see a specialised vet.

    Does he reponds if you touch him/handle him? When was the first time you noticed this? Don't stress him out though...

    If you want I can translate into english if you can say it better in Dutch.

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    Bij mij is er nog nooit iets voorgevallen wat jij beschrijft, zeker niet een tong die gesplitst is. De 'schokkende' bewegingen zijn echter geen goed teken voor mij. Iets gelijkaardig heb ik ook gehad bij een slang en dat is toen niet goedgekomen. Als je kan zou ik een specialist opzoeken.

    Wat doet hij als je hem aanraakt/hanteert? Wanneer heb je dit gedrag het eerste gemerkt? Probeer hem echter niet te veel te stressen als hij echt niet reageert.

    Als je wilt kan je ook Nederlands posten en kan ik kijken of ik het beter kan vertalen...

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    Re: help please!

    a week ago about tree days ago i saw him lying langout in his enclosure en the day after he was still laying that way so i checke and then i noticed that he was verry slow and he moved nog good

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    ik kan het engels ook wel lezen maakt mij niet zoveel uit
    nee hij reageerd nauwelijks als ik hem hanteer en normaal laat ik hem gewoon met rust dus als ik hem dan hanteer dan wil hij perse weg en nu is dat niet het geval

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