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Jonathan_Brady
at Mon Aug 16 18:58:56 2010 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jonathan_Brady ]
>>Toxic Rodents? How do Rodents get Toxic, and how can you tell?
You buy them from a certain source. The only source, in fact (that I know of), that has had issues with boas and their rodents.
Switch your rodent supplier immediately and throw away ALL of your rodent stock from your previous supplier. Unless the value of your collection is less than the value of your rodents - including sentimental value. Then, it makes sense to try your luck.
Unfortunately, KS TOS will not allow me to state who the source is - and I understand and respect that.
Just know that this supplier has REPEATEDLY, 100% of the time, been linked to boas (based on the incidents that I've followed up on - close to 2 dozen in a few years) who have regurged rodents that smell BEYOND RANCID, had FOWL smelling bowel movements that didn't look right, shed their skin, color, and scales off, and even died. I reiterate, in 100% of the cases I've inquired about, the supplier is ALWAYS the same. But, it can't be proven beyond a "shadow of a doubt" that the rodent is the cause of the problem. The reason is there is no "smoking gun" because the rodent has been digested AND no one ever thinks to test a regurged rodent to see if something's wrong with it - AND, we don't know what to test for! So it's a catch 22.
Fortunately for the rest of the community, only boas seem to be affected regularly although I've heard of issues with the more delicate pythons who take longer to digest as well. I also remember a BP changing color after a meal and a shed several years ago and didn't draw a connection at the time, but now wonder if the case was the same. I believe the animal was sold for a premium because of the color change.
I use a supplier who uses "trays" and vacuum seals ALL of their rodents and haven't had the issue described above since switching to them. I found the "trays" and vacuum sealing to be A NICE CHANGE.
I wish I could name the party directly and make this easy, but I can't. I'm doing my best to stay within the KS TOS and feel like I've done so within this post.
jb
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Jonathan Brady
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RE: Toxic? - Jonathan_Brady, Mon Aug 16 18:58:56 2010