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I have had 2 snakes die in the past 3 weeks....
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by fizzbob7 on October 22, 2002
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at the moment i have 3 seperate cages....all are plenty big enough...1 cage has(had) two 3.5ft edb's in it for a while, but one of them died today, another cage has 3 small canes in it and the other has 3 large canes in it....i made all the cages myself and did it right....in one cage, i had a snake die for no apparent reason a while back, it just quit eating and died....never slowed down like it was sick but just laid down and died one day...in a different cage, another did the same thing...it refused food for a couple of months but ate the other day, then regurgitated 2 days ago and died today.....just quit moving too but never showed signs of sickness and had no obvious infections of any kind....i dont want to let them all die because of something at my house and i need to know if it could be worms or what...there are no mites or ticks on the snakes or in the cages...the temps are around 68 at night and 85 in the day, with a 95 hot spot.....water is kept clean and fresh and the cages are cleaned often....no cedar anywhere or anything that i know to be toxic...the other eastern eat today and seems fine but i dont want anymore to die.....if i cant do something then im gonna have to get rid of them....any ideas....cages are built of plywood and the mulch in the cages is supposedly reptile safe....help me help me....all the other are eating fine and show no signs of illness...some i have had a long time and others are recent acquisitions....
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RE: I have had 2 snakes die in the past 3 weeks...
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by TomT on October 23, 2002
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It is virtually impossible for anyone to make a determination as to the cause of death without more information.
If it were me, I'd get a fecal examination on the live snakes, as I suspect they are carrying a parasite load (probably protozoans) and then treat them for whatever it is that the fecal reveals.
As far as the already deceased snakes, it's probably too late to have them necropsied to determine cause of death, but I'd venture a guess that it *could* have been ingestion of substrate, and subsequent blockage of the intestinal tract that killed them.... just a long distance guess, mind you....
Find a Vet and get the rest of them looked at as soon as possible.
Sorry to hear of your loss...
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