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RE: Thanks all...here is a link to the pics......GRAPHIC.........

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Posted by: Jeff Clark at Thu Oct 20 12:11:37 2005   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by Jeff Clark ]  
   

Andy,
....Very sorry. Everything I see in the PICs looks normal to me. Perhaps the liver is enlarged?? I know snakes have big livers but that one just looks a little plumper than normal. The white color around the lungs probably is due to lack of oxygen but that could be a result rather than a cause of her death. That is a BIG looking load of babies. You may be right that it was just such a big load on her that it inhibited breathing. It could have also impeded other functions, especially circulation. Perhaps leading to a blood clot? A clot in the brain might explain the neck being curled. I had a big female Bci die gravid 15 years ago. I opened her up and found things looking like your PICs. Great big load of good looking egg masses with some slugs mixed in. It seems to me that we have made giant advances in keeping snakes over the last 30 years. We can keep them healthy and living for a long time in captivity. The only time I ever lose any of my Brazilian Rainbows is when they are carrying or delivering babies.
Jeff


>>I hope this works.... Also if anyone can see anything unusual in pics, please let me know. Thanks Andy Federico
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