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aero_tiff
at Mon Feb 5 18:51:33 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by aero_tiff ]
Hey guys, I happened upon this thread cuz it was listed on the kingsnake.com main page. I saw the pictures, and aside from those black patches those are some healthy looking Jax. Not to repeat everything in the last post, but it's true: the Jackson's turning black is indeed a sign of a approaching death, but not necessarily a sign of any particular disease, as the Jackson's lose the ability to regulate their color when they near death. My little girl died from stress complications from stomatitis and as I was rushing her to the vet I remember watching her belly grow blacker and just knowing it was over.
What's strange to me, again, is that aside from the black patches, those Jacksons look like a picture of perfect health, right down to those amazing horns... so I agree, the best possible way to determine a cause is to have a necropsy on one of the recently deceased. Who knows, you may save a large sum of wild Jacksons with what you will learn from it.
Best of luck!
~Tiff
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"Were the diver to think upon the jaws of the shark, he would never lay hands on the precious pearl."
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RE: Scan of news article - aero_tiff, Mon Feb 5 18:51:33 2007