Hi all , I received 2 baby blood pythons from a dealer yesterday . The 2 babies were from wild and have some disease . The most problem is they are no feeding now . The dealer who imported the baby WC bloods doesn't knows how to keep blood pythons and he kept the 2 babies at the terrible vivarium . The vavarium he kept the 2 babies at is too cold and too day . So , I am worried about taht th2 2 babies may died by feeding problem that serious stress will cause serious feeding problem . I offer the 2 babies a hiding place with some moss inside for keep the humidity at a good level for bloods . I think now I just need to wait until the don't feel stress anymore and try to feed the babies . It's may takes me about 1 week . I need you exprence keeper's help ! Do you have any good suggests to me for these sick WC babies ? Thanks a lot .
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What should I do for sick WC babies ?
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Hey,
Well, I have one suggestion with some follow up; take them to a vet!!
Other wise, what you are going to end up with are two dead babies. At this point in the game if you are not familiar with keeping bloods or other short-tails, then the only thing that I can suggest is to keep them warm and humid. And when I say warm, I mean about 90 degrees round the clock for about a week till they start to show signs of improvement. Heat is much like a milieu for antibodies to live and thrive in. With out the extra heat, antibodies can't do their work. Keep them in a plastic shoe box if they are really small and or a sweater box with a couple of hide spots. Use paper towel for a substrate, and maintain the humidity at around 80-90%. Hope the little ones come around and improve.
It is always with little regret, and my opinion (and others!), that I stress that keepers with little to no experience stay or steer clear of short-tails and bloods (or other herps), that come from the wild and are not guaranteed. These animals unfortunately, come in with parasite loads in exorbitantly high numbers; and take on many forms and never do well. And for keepers that have little experience dealing with such cases - this can be a daunting matter. Alright enough preaching! Hope this helps.
-Angel
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Sometimes on your way to your dream, you get lost and find a better way!
check out our site, proexotics.com and vpi.com as well.
a proper setup will get you a long way, and rectify many problems.
look for our Blood python article from Reptiles magazine, available at our site, it goes through some info that will help in acclimating new Bloods.
best of luck.
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robyn@proexotics.com
