I purchased a lot of 4 snakes from a seller on [url ban] They were from the same litter and were only a few months old. Within a few months, 3 of the snakes had died. The dead snakes had a very "flat" appearance. The one survivor who has outlived his sibblings by several months also has a very flat appearance, the muscle tone looks very week and when he eats (thawed pinks) his attack & constriction is very sloppy. I doubt his method would successfully kill a live pinky mouse. I have several other boas, all are in perfect health and I've never had the first problem with any of them. Only the snakes from the lot of 4 that I purchased have had any problems and it seems to be the same thing that was wrong with each one of them. The most obvious sign is the degree of flatness when snake is stretched out and relaxed. Does anyone know what this is, or sounds like. And if so, is it something genetic or contagious? thanks, derrick
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whats wrong here?
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exactly what type of snakes were they? the only snakes i know of to flatten themselves out are blood pythons.
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1.1.0 Colombian Redtail Boas
2.1.0 Sumatran Blood Pythons
1.0 Black Blood Python
1.0 Dumeril's Boa
0.1 Coastal Carpet Python
0.1 Jungle Carpet Python
0.1 Surinam Redtail Boa
Boa Constrictor Imperator. Looks similar to blood python, only its not suppose to! I may have to post pics. I was hoping it may be something so common that someone would recognize the symptoms fairly quickly. But most likely it isn't.
