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Help with sick borneo...

henrysdragons Apr 12, 2004 05:57 PM

Hi, there. Here's a little background and the problem....

I bought a couple of borneo short tailed pythons a couple of months ago. When the snakes arrived the male was awesome and the female was a total disappoinment-- very sickly. I contacted the seller immediately, but he had nothing to say and would not respond to me at all. So I got stuck with a really sick snake. She was highly malnourished to the point that you can see every bone in her.

I have tried nursing her back to health and she was doing well at first, but seems to be going backwards again. The last two feedings she has regurged the rat. The strange thing is that she eats and is fine. Then 3-4 days later she regurges a half digested rat.... Can someone please suggest something that will help me feed this snake and help her keep her food down? Could this be some illness that the vets are not familiar with? Please help. All advice is welcome.

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meretseger Apr 12, 2004 06:11 PM

Have you had a vet look the snake over? Sometimes these things are caused by something as simple as worms.
I'd wait 14 days before you feed her again, and then start with small things. Mice or rat hoppers. Hopefully she'll digest most of those and not throw up at all.
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