Hello everyone, here is a picture of my boa who was diagnosed to have a blocked saliva gland. Initially I thought it was mouth rot or R.I. . Her face is really puffed up. (see negative for a detailed view). Inside the mouth there was a big soft lump and full of saliva, ( you can see the lump from the outside on her throat) , No bacteria or parasite were found in her saliva/mucus that was very thick. The vet suggested making a hole somewhere so the saliva would flow. ( I’m having 2nd thoughts about this. It’s like curing the symptom and not the cause. )



Has anyone have any experience with this sort of thing? Any ideas what caused this?

Definitely its not temperature related, her enclosure was kept in a room that is at optimal conditions with 8 other snakes, and she was the only one with this. (she now stays in a different room with the same condition only a bit warmer.)



Please post you thoughts on this matter . thank you.

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• OPINIONS WANTED ON SICK BOA - CreepyCrawler, Thu Jul 8 07:40:27 2004
• just curious , did you get lab work done ? - CE, Thu Jul 8 07:46:00 2004
• RE: just curious , did you get lab work done ? - CreepyCrawler, Thu Jul 8 07:50:11 2004
• RE: just curious , did you get lab work done ? - thecaiman, Thu Jul 8 08:37:27 2004