i had an amazon basin emerald tree boa die due to two necrotic fetuses left within her. she died within a few months, so while some advocate waiting to see what nature will do, that can backfire. nature kills alot of things. i did not even know she was still carrying unpassed fetuses. after she gave birth (all 7 still born and gorgeous w / full white stripes at 9.5 months), she went on seeming normal, ate a few meals, then boom - dead one morning. it was odd, so i had a post-mortem examination done, and voila - unpassed fetuses that went necrotic.



another of my basins stumped vets for over 18 months holding onto ovum sacs that never fetrilized and never reabsorbed. i finally got hold of a very good vet and we had to perform surgery and remove them, and its a good thing as two or three out of the 14 were necrotic and she may have died. she passed one on her own 6 months prior, just the one. very odd.



basins are tough! and you think balls are expensive...

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• DISTOCIA an actual account and outcome - constrictorkeepr, Sat Mar 1 15:02:33 2008
• RE: DISTOCIA an actual account and outco - constrictorkeepr, Sat Mar 1 15:03:45 2008
• RE: DISTOCIA an actual account and outco - constrictorkeepr, Sat Mar 1 15:05:20 2008
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• that is WILD! thanx for sharing. np - chonjoepython, Sun Mar 2 01:48:14 2008
• RE: DISTOCIA an actual account and outcome - paulbuckley, Mon Mar 3 15:50:58 2008