In Memory... I am hoping for...

[Sojourn]

This is the only pic we managed to get of our little male anery in the short time he was here with us.......

[Sojourn]

He died on 4/17/02 of still unknown causes.

Any thought or opinions on what it might have been would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance to all...

He and his sister arrived(very cold)cold on Friday, twelve days before he died. They were warmed, and inspected a bit, and put into their new cages(Temps 82-84 room temp, 91-92 degree hot spot). We figured that he was in the latter stages of a shed..... He skin was kinda saggy, he was kinda lethargic, and his sis had just shed prior to being shipped. They were fed on the second day we had them. He took his rat, but not immediately, and once he got it he just did not seem to know exactly what to do with it(could not manipulate his body to help him get the rat down, but appeared to be desperately trying). He did finally eat it though. Once again we figured it was the shed thing. He went poo in his bowl four days later, so we were never able to get a fecal on him, but, her sample came up clean. Very soon after this his tongue stopped flicking right(moving VERY slowly and not much) and he began to rest with his head propped up, and became MUCH more lethargic. So we raised his low end Temp to 86-88 degrees, and anxiously awaited Monday when we could take him to the vet. By the time we made it to there on 4/15 he wasn't flicking his tongue at all, and would only move when rubbed. Our vet's guess was that the little guy was a "runt" for lack of a better word... probably passed over several times in his short life when feeding time came around. He gave him a tiny tiny shot of antibiotic, and sent three more home to be given orally(each dose a liitle more than a tiny drop out of the end of a needle). And he said that the guy desperately needed a meal. So we took him home and attempted to feed him a mouse pinkie. Angelia finally got him to take it amazingly by rubbing his cheek with it the way a mother gets a reluctant child to feed. But it just layed there with it for hours, and finally just put it down. The next day we put him in a completely new, different cage with heat from above, which he seemed to respond to better. He found his hide sometime early that morning, crawled in and died.

My main worry is IBD. He and his sister, who seems FAR from sick in any way, were quarintined from the rest of our snakes off the bat. She may now remain that way indefinately. Our vet does not think it was IBD, and does not have the capability to test for it.
Does anyone know who does? How much does something like that cost?.....

All thoughts and opinions would be appreciated.

Jesse & Angelia

[GuitarGirl]

Ohh...I'm so sorry for your loss...I have no idea why he died...ohh...I'm gonna go cry...

[Sojourn]

The bright side of things is we still have this little beauty! ;D... She has outwardly been "perfect" since we got them, and still is today!

.....The "silver" lining to our dark cloud ;)....

[GuitarGirl]

Wow...she is beautiful...I love her color!

[hardrider220]

possibly if she was shipped without a heat pad or bag she might have caught a respiratory infection, or may
have just passed away due to stress. good luck with
his sister she is beautiful.