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epidemic
at Sat Feb 18 18:18:03 2006 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by epidemic ]
I would be curious to know what the last meal was, as it sounds as though your snake attempted to pass a bone or large body of fecal matter and ruptured some capillaries.
Since this has occurred in the past, but not on a regular basis, and the feces appears normal, not runny, and the snake has not developed any other symptoms since the last time such an occurrence presented itself. I seriously doubt you your snake harbors a clinical coccidian load or cryptosporidium serpentis, but rather a slight case of “reptilian hemorrhoids”. I have found this to be quite common during the winter months, when the air is drier and animals are consuming less water…
Best regards,
Jeff
----- Jeff Snodgres
University of Arkansas
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