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Several of my hi-end (het for snow) trans pecos rat snakes have a funny smell.
I had an albino that arrived here with it and it also had a stomatitis, so I gave it Baytril and both the smell and mouth infection went away...then it (the smell) came back a couple of weeks later. I sent the albino back because it started having post-prandial regurges usually within an hour or two after a meal. No handling--of coarse.
Two of my other subocs have had that pungent smell on their skin, and one now has it for sure. They are eating okay.
I know it's not a musk. This smell is all over the skin and very strong. I could wash my hands 3 times and still smell it on myself afterwards.
Could it be pseudomonas? Does cryptosporidiosis have a smell associated with it ever?
I can't find anything in Doug Mader's Reptile medicine and Surgery book related to pungent odors and snakes.
Please help.
Dusty

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