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Has anyone experienced spinal deformaties with the Super Tiger morph? Description: Lumps developing on the back with swelling around sides and belly in the immediate area. Tail vertebre lumpy. Looks like the back is broken. Area around lumps appear to be limp, but not broken. The specimens have loss of appetite. The age is about 6 months. The female began showing signs aobout 5 months of age. The male is just now showing signs. The female remains docile. However the male has become very aggresive. I will post pics soon. I am very concerned. As This pair was purchased from a reputable breeder.

Marc.

I know exactly what you are talking about. A friend of mine bought a Super Tiger pair from a reputable breeder, and within a month or 2 of the purchase, the female started getting humpbacked. She didn't lose appetite though... She got X-rayed, and it showed the her vertebrae were overlapping each other. She died a couple months ago (was only a year old at death) and I assume it was because of her deformities. Send me an email (just click my name above) as I am curious if both these snakes were purchased from the same breeder, and I could possibly put you in touch with my friend who actually owned the snake.

I had a baby super that did the same thing exactly. Hopefully the person you bought it from will replace it. They should.
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Mark Kennedy Reptiles

...I've seen it as well (and a lot of very healthy ones).

I took one from a good friend last year, but it passed on after a couple months. The abnormality probably interfered with the neurological signals controlling digestive movement. The snake eventually died from a septic condition as a result of "rotting" food in the intestine (imo).

-Randy

I'm just curious, do you know if your ambient air temp ever gets a little to high? Say 88 degrees? I've heard that to high of temps can cause something like you mentioned.

Ben

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