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Hi, I posted something in the "Ratsnake: Health & Diet Issues" subforum and noticed it didn't show up in this one. I guess they're not linked like I thought. I noticed that the last post in that subforum was a year ago so I thought I'd post here and try to get some help. So if anyone could read the latest post in the "Ratsnake: Health & Diet Issues" subforum and help me out I would greatly appreciate it!

Thanks a lot!
Steve

Steve that poop doesen't look good. Do you know if you have a local vet that does exotics. If they allow it I would try to get the next fresh stool specimen and take it in for them to test for parasites. Some vets want you to bring in the snake but some will let you just bring in a specimen to test and will let you know if they find something. If it's doing really unusual movements it wouldn't be a bad idea to take the snake in.

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Randy Whittington

Thank you. All of his previous poops have been perfectly normal and then all the sudden this. I don't know if the next one will be like this or not. He didn't eat last time I tried to feed him so I'm not sure when the next stool sample will be. Can I use this one even though it's dried out now?

No it needs to be a fresh stool to test.
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Randy Whittington

Yes, needs to be a fresh sample for the vet to perform a fecal "floatation".

I would bet that some Flagyl would probably work wonders here in this case, but certainly recommend the EXPERIENCED reptile vet visit first anyway to folks.

Also, getting treatment ASAP is MUCH better than hoping things go away on their own, and many times only become much worse instead.

~Doug
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"Better to be silent and thought a fool, than to open mouth and remove any doubt!"