Your getting good advice from your vet. Its not normal. Hmmmmm its not normal with good support. IT can be normal with poor husbandry.



Whats the exact cause. I cannot tell you. Most likely your vet can't either or he would have.



Stress that surpresses the immune system, can be caused by dirty cages. or wrong temps, or lack of security. Or an uncompatable cage mate. In short, that snake cannot preform to normal biologically and possibiby behaviorally. Normal is minimum levels of success.



Is poor husbandry the problem, yes. Husbandry is defined as to husband. Which sadly for us guys means to "support" and that means to support whats needed. So if husbandry causes disease or malfunction, then its poor. simple as that.



Most keepers do not want to label what good husbandry actually is or what is poor husbandry. To some, the snake having a heartbeat is good. To others, reaching basic normal life events is good. Still to others, recieving exceptional results is good husbandry.



I am pretty simple, anything that causes something bad, is poor husbandry, anything that causes good things, is good husbandry. The better the results, then the better the husbandry.



I am also critical. Anything that happens bad in my cages is MY FAULT. and anything that happens good is because the animals are great and I help express that. Best wishes.

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