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hi all

he was three months old assest feeding 1-2 pinkys a week all going well.
then yesterday he was acting strange stiffing up and the going limp so i put hes temps and humidate up and he seemed to improve during the evening.
then i got up this morning and he semed him self so i thought it was that he was to cold.....then about 30 mins ago i cheaked on him and he was soft limp and hardly moving then he died 10 mins ago....i have no idea why...when i looked at him closely i can see a dark line down the middle of his stomoch...any body seen this befor??????? his last feed was slow but he ate the pinky with np....just dont know what happend?

darren

It is very possible that it had some congenital deformity or some other weakness that it was born with that couldn't be helped. After a few months it became lethal.
Of course, it might have been from some other cause too but I wouldn't rule out a problem it was born with.

thank you for your reply.

i had not thought of that.
is it common in rainbow boas?

darren

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1.1.0 yellow rats
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I don't know that I would say it is common in any species. But it does happen from time to time.
In any type of snake there may be a neonate that fails to thrive for one reason or another. In the wild, most of a given litter are picked off by predators, cannot find/secure food or die for other reasons. In captivity, these factors are ruled out for the most part. So if there is some hidden flaw in the animal we may not recognize that this is simply why it died. We assume that it must be because of some fault of the breeder or something we did wrong---which are also strong possiblities---but not always the case.

mayday thank you for the info m8...

darren