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i've had this female for three years now and last year she started developing a series of, what feel to be, fatty lumps above her vent.

she eats fine and has good muscle tone otherwise. any idea what i'm dealing with here?

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westmextricolors.wix.com/west1

i work with tri-colored west mexican lampropeltis. some morph, some hobby, and some locale.

everyone is entitled to their options, but no one's opinion will ever change how i feel about the snakes i keep and breed.

>>i've had this female for three years now and last year she started developing a series of, what feel to be, fatty lumps above her vent.
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>>she eats fine and has good muscle tone otherwise. any idea what i'm dealing with here?

Looks like fatty deposits to me.....In my experience there is no way to get rid of them. Some believe it to be genetic and not from overfeeding. Others think it is from overfeeding and ill husbandry. I do not think it is from overfeeding and ill husbandry and do not know if it is genetic as some declare.
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John Lassiter
Poor planning and procrastination on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part...

thanks john. that's exactly what i thought and was afraid of.

too bad they don't make treadmills for snakes
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westmextricolors.wix.com/west1

i work with tri-colored west mexican lampropeltis. some morph, some hobby, and some locale.

everyone is entitled to their options, but no one's opinion will ever change how i feel about the snakes i keep and breed.

Very likely fatty deposits, but could be some sort of soft tumors too. No real way of knowing without some testing though. Seems that if there are numerous ones though, they are probably fatty growths.

Isn't that a Lake Chapala arcifera?.....
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

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>>Isn't that a Lake Chapala arcifera?.....

it is. good eye doug.

last year was her first year laying and she started developing them as she put her body weight back on. i was kinda hoping that she'd lose them during brumation. guess not.
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westmextricolors.wix.com/west1

i work with tri-colored west mexican lampropeltis. some morph, some hobby, and some locale.

everyone is entitled to their options, but no one's opinion will ever change how i feel about the snakes i keep and breed.

Yeah, it seems that it can take a VERY long time for them to go away...not always, but sometimes they can.

Hope all goes well with her.

~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing"

serpentinespecialties.webs.com

>>Hope all goes well with her.

thanks. me too.
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westmextricolors.wix.com/west1

i work with tri-colored west mexican lampropeltis. some morph, some hobby, and some locale.

everyone is entitled to their options, but no one's opinion will ever change how i feel about the snakes i keep and breed.

Brian, i have had a few snakes get them in the past. Most of them stayed around no matter what i tried but did seem to shrink in size and one animal lost them completely when i bumped the hot end up to 88-90 and slowed feeding for a while. However, the one that did rid himself was not as bad as the one you pictured. I have been leaning toward the posibility that overfed fatty feeder mice and maybe the stuff in their system contributed to the condition but of course have no proof other then i have never ever seen this in a wild animal. Of course they get more exercise too.

>>Brian, i have had a few snakes get them in the past. Most of them stayed around no matter what i tried but did seem to shrink in size and one animal lost them completely when i bumped the hot end up to 88-90 and slowed feeding for a while. However, the one that did rid himself was not as bad as the one you pictured. I have been leaning toward the posibility that overfed fatty feeder mice and maybe the stuff in their system contributed to the condition but of course have no proof other then i have never ever seen this in a wild animal. Of course they get more exercise too.

exactly. plus, in the wild, they have a more varied diet in addition to being more active.

thanks.
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westmextricolors.wix.com/west1

i work with tri-colored west mexican lampropeltis. some morph, some hobby, and some locale.

everyone is entitled to their options, but no one's opinion will ever change how i feel about the snakes i keep and breed.