the boa that died what in good health when i left with good weight when i got back i fed all the snakes but this one was striking but not grabbing or constricting when i removed her to look at her she was weak and the lower half of her body was very weak i assist fed her some meat baby food because she looked very under weight the next morning i found her dead. now 2 weeks later i found mites on her previous cage mate and 3 other snakes that i have that were housed together but not with the other 2 have loose and very light stools all are baby- juvenile boa morphs. all the other snakes i have seem to be doing fine but they are all older boas and pythons. i have one adult male that exibits stargazing but i have had him housed in the same room with others for over 3 years without incident but never boa babys. please let me know what you guys think i do not want to loose any other snakes they are all expensive and i care for them very much thanks

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• help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - vcaruso15, Mon Sep 8 19:56:12 2003
• RE: help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - oldherper, Mon Sep 8 21:08:57 2003
• RE: help!!! i had one snake die in a matter of 10 days while on vacation and others showing weird signs - vcaruso15, Mon Sep 8 22:19:45 2003
• Is there a test, pre-mortem, for inclusion bodies? n/p - CH4, Fri Sep 12 22:26:10 2003
• RE: Is there a test, pre-mortem, for inclusion bodies? n/p - T.B, Fri Sep 12 23:03:32 2003
• There is no serological assay yet...... - oldherper, Sat Sep 13 18:06:23 2003