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Adult wild N. Racer emaciated...help

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Posted by: mattah320 at Mon Mar 29 09:54:10 2010  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by mattah320 ]  
   

I work at a nature center and we are currently housing a northern racer that was caught in garden fencing. It did have major cut injuries from being caught in the fencing, but they are closed up and we are waiting for a shed to see how they've healed underneath. It had no problem eating live mice, but it has gone off feed for the past 2 months and is starting to look very skinny. Since then it has also started moving in a jolty manner and almost seems disoriented. We've had racers before that never exhibited this. We talked to a local reptile vet that isn't quite sure what it could be. An infection from the injuries? A problem from it not eating?

Any advice?


   

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