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I recently purchased a Het Red Axanthic, approximately 2 months ago. He acclimated well and took his first 3 rats, then went into shed and didn't eat. After the shed he refused his feedings for the past couple weeks. Today, feeding day, I open his tank to find him deceased. My snakes are kept in an ARS rack with a Spyder robotics herpestat keeping their hot spot at a constant 90 degrees. My question is does anyone know how much it would cost to have an autopsy done to try to find out the cause of death?

Im not sure on the cost but I'm very sorry about your loss.

Bob O'Brien

I would recommend calling around to local reptile vets to get price quotes. You might also want to check with the local University, as many of them have a Herpetologist on staff who might be willing to help you.
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Lincoln, NE
0.1 Pastel, 1.0 Pastel het Pied, 0.1 Pied, 0.1 Cinn, 1.0 Black Pewter, 1.0 Woma (hidden gene?), 0.1 Yellowbelly
2.0 Normals, 1.0 Thayeri, 0.1 Thayeri X Alterna, 0.1 crazy cat, 1.0 husband

First of all be certain to have the body in the frig and not the freezer. It will cost about $200 . Do you have a major university anywhere close? Often they will have a vet school to do this cheaper. Where are you located?

So sorry for your loss. Sounds like you kept the animal in good conditions. I would want to know too.

Susan
SSNAKES

So sorry for your loss. Ditto on keeping it in the Fridge, Not the Freezer, as the previous poster said. I'm very lucky, I have a fantastic reptile vet who does necropsys for free on exotics. I've never had one done on a snake but he did one on my Iguana and on my Bullfrog for free. I hope you can find a vet that would do it free or cheap.
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Have you been hugged by your snake today?

Ball Pythons
1.1 het Caramel Albino (Edward & Bella)
0.1 poss het Caramel Albino (Rosalie)
0.1 Caramel Albino (Bellatrix)
0.1 High Contrast Albino (Princess Buttercup)
0.1 Pastel Orange Ghost (Nagini)
1.0 Butterscotch Ghost (Nick)
0.1 Spider poss het Butterscotch Ghost(Nymphadora)
1.1 Mojave (Lucius & Renesme)
0.1 Pastel Lesser (Narcissa)
0.1 Pinstripe (Arwen)
1.0 Pewter (Salazar)
0.1 Bumble Bee (Alice)
0.1 Lemonblast (Luna)
0.1 Blond Pastel (Katie)
1.0 Bell Pastel (Jasper)
0.1 African Dinker (Esme)

Corns
1.1 het Amel, Anery, Charcoal, Bloodred (Romeo & Juliet)
1.0 Blizzard het Bloodred poss het Anery Lav (Tumnus)
0.1 Granite (Ravenclaw)
0.1 Fire het Anery (Ginny)
0.1 Anery Lav (Lucy)
0.1 Plasma (Victoria)
0.1 Opal (Jewel)

Hogs
1.0 Albino Western (Hogwarts)
0.1 het Albino Western (Hufflepuff)
0.1 Tri Color (Molly)

Depends on how extensive you would like the necropsy to be. I paid 500 to have one done. But that was on a two year old snake that I had for 2 months and forked over 7500 bucks for. I paid for the most complete examine I could get to try and find out what happened to it. I believe a basic one runs around 200 though.

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