Good morning everyone!



I'm worried about Boris, our 7 months old Blood Python. He was treated recently (3 months) with Mebendazole (50mg/kg, twice with 15 days interval), because we found round worms in his fecal exam. He's eating normally, but he's not defecating. His backbone is beggining to show up we can see he's loosing body mass. He's still active and a little alert, but...



He has a big bulge in his belly, we believe he's having a hard time digesting it's meal, since he's always found with this belly directly over the heating tape. He ate 2 mouses 5 weeks ago and another 2 two weeks ago and hasn't defecated. His belly in a little brown, used to be more white.



When we put Boris vertically, we can see we has little muscle in this body and the big bulge is about 6 inches above the cloaca. We think it's in his lower intestine or stomach. He eats, but does not gain weight.



Humiddy is ok, around 70%, temperature is also fine. I'm concerned that the undigested food will rot in his body. I can't colect a fecal sample because he does not defecate!



There's no reptile vet where i live. Could you help me with Boris?



Thank you.



Leonardo.

Icq: 198810

Msn: leonardo_crespo@hotmail.com

leocrespo@gmail.com

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