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Anna died. she died today. she is not here any more. i think she came intocontact with something when she got out of her cage. when i found her she did not look very well. i gave her a f/t fuzzy rat last night and it was gone. i went in to check up on her and she was dead in her hide with the fuzzy next to her covered in blood and full of holes. when i found her after she got out she had a couple white scales that looked a little swollen. they seemed to be spreading on her. i was going to call the vet but now it seems to late. this is the first animal i have lost in many many years. temps and humidity where great. she was feeding and had only bin off for 2 weeks. only thing i can think of is when she got out she came into contact with something.

CrazyCody

It may be that the food item was bad or cam into contact with something when you were thawing. I have not had that to happen and I put hundreds of mice away per year. As far as the scales thing it could be soemthign totaly different or even scale rot which will cause death.
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Justin

Oh man, I feel really sorry for you. I love my Anaconda, and I can't imagine having her die early. My first pet snake died when she was very young, and she had a condition similar to what you're describing. She may have had it for a while. It is probably a bacterila infection. Anyway, I've read several posts, and I know that you loved your Snake. Again, I'm extremely sorry for your loss. May Anna rest in piece.
Again, Sorry CrazyCodyKadunk, I hope your pain will ease with time.
Link

hey man..I am super sorry to hear that. I froze the second I read your post. I am a guy that never shows emotion but that honestly made my heart skip a beat. Sorry for the loss and I know you loved that snake and cared very much for it. I do not usually know what to say in these times and try to offer a joke to lighten the mood but I am just going to have to get you tomorrow since this kinda caught me. Take care

Thats sucks Cody. I too would say she got into something or breathed something while out on her own. The speed that, whatever it was, finally claimed its life would suggest that too. I know you told me that you live in the middle floor of a building and on top of a bowling alley. I bet they use poison (like Dcon) to control rodents. It's higly likely that she could have eaten a small mouse that had gotten into some poison. Too many other potential hazards to mention also. You could investigate that theory by disecting the dead snake and seeing if any "unauthorized" food items are in her gut. Short of having an expensive necropsy performed and tissue samples tested you will probably never know what caused the demise of her.

Sorry again
Arik

Cody my friend, I feel for you bud. As I told you lastnight, to me, she may have came in contact with some sort of poison. To act that quickly on her. I know you well enough to know you care veery deeply for your animals. Even though she has past on always keep her in your heart and she will never truly die. I know your time with her was short but those times should be special times. Keep her memory alive and she will always be alive in spirit. Your friend, Steven

` I'm sorry to hear of your loss. I know how bad it feels. You do your best, but still something out of your control can happen.
` The last one I lost was a baby Green, about 5 years ago. That snake would hand feed, and follow me around to get on me. He just died, after a small meal. Never figured it out. I'm still sad, and guilty, over that.
` Now, I'm in the process of losing my old Tomcat to old age, he's almost 18. Sometimes, I think I ought to put him down. He still enjoys his meals, and digests them OK. And, he still curls up with his favorite Anaconda. He just can't get around too well anymore, and like an old man, he has trouble peeing. He dies a little, every day. It's heartbreaking.
` I hope you feel better, soon. Rich

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This is a sad thread. Wasn't this animal also an import? You never know what could have already been in for the animal from the day you got it. It might not even be that it got out and got into something. This was way way out of your control though I am sure. Still cant get a joke to you...you got me set back a bit. I never knew a snake death could seem so sad and I just cannot think of how bad you must feel. I have had many pets over the years and the most recent death was a scorpion that was a trouble feeder i kept working with...it would eat when it could catch stuff but its claws were just weak.

Wow im really sorry to hear about your loss, its always sad to lose an animal, even one that you havn't had very long, well all you can really hope is that she came into contact with something outside of her cage when she was out..

sorry to hear that bro!!!

still hopeing to see/meet you in oct!

Hey Cody,

I am terribly sorry for your loss. I know how much you loved Anna. My heart skipped a couple beats when I first read the post. Again, I'm very sorry.

Thanks, Irwin