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My monocled cobra stopped eating (she was just a baby) about 2 weeks ago, which I didnt see as a huge problem until today, when I got home from work and she had passed away. I really hope I don't have an infection or some virus in the air, I'm thinking she may have been too stressed to eat, but I don't want to take a chance of losing the rest of my collection to an infection. She wasn't showing any signs of any illness, and was even readily striking the air upon any movement in the vicinity of her tank as of yesterday... There are cats in the house, and although they dont venture too much into the "snake room", I'm thinking (hoping, as bad as that sounds, but the alternative would be worse I suppose) that may have caused too much stress on her. I have heard that Monocled Cobra's are very hardy however, and this just doesnt seem that likely... Anyone with suggestions or theories please help!

I have had a similar thing happen to a snake lately. I wondered if possibly it ingested some substrate, which caused a blockage. I usually feed outside the enclosue but this snake was very nervous and only ate when lights went out at night under it's hide. Since then all babies went on paper towel. It does happen. Some animals in nature don't make it for some reason. Was yours an albino? sometimes also animals which had a long lineage of inbreeding may have some congenital defects inside we may not see on the outside. If you have some extra cash you can have your vet do a necropsy. It may not cost all that much. I did my own to see if there were tumors or parasites. I saw none. Sorry for your loss, it does suck.