bought a baby blood last weekend at the columbia repticon. i've been wanting one for a while, i have done my research, talked to breeders etc. found a few at the show and the one i picked was a female and it would strike at me but miss and bite itself. i thought it was funny...Bad mommy i know..anyway. been holding her every day to try to get her used to me and last night which would have been a week and a day after i got her, i came into my room to find her dead. she apparently had bit herself and died. i dont remember the breeder name but i guess thats why she was so cheap. anyone have any ideas what could have happened? she looked healthy. he said she never turned down a meal i was gonna feed her that night. someone told me with her biting herself so much it could have been a neurological thing from being exposed to extreme cold. its not gonna keep me from getting another one.
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Owner of:
6 ball pythons
4 red tail boas
3 iguanas
1 burmese python
1 corn snake
1 rat snake
3 bearded dragons
3 tokay geckos
6 dogs
7 cats
RIP:
Argo- ball python age 12 years
Rocky-chow mix-11 years
Willow-lab mix-8 years
Kain-Savannah Monitor-2 years
Scooter-sulcata tortise-1 year
Mr Krabs-hermit crab-5 years
Niko-gerbil-3 years
sweet pea&niblet-dwarf hamsters-1 year
Hannibal-dwarf hamster 2 years
Scarlett- hamster-3 years
wicket-hamster-2 years
pixie- ball python- 3 years
Fira - Crested gecko age unknown
Star- rat- 3 years(we think)
squink- crested gecko- less then a year
stinky-snapper- age unknown.
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baby blood just died
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Over-exposure to organophosphate pesticides can cause some of the symptoms you are seeing. It is possible that this person recently treated this python for mites and was not very cautious with there treatment procedure. Just a possibility.
Kelly
Sorry for your loss and glad it will not discourage you from trying blood pythons again. It is always tough when an animal passes.
Kelly is right. But without a necropsy it will be impossible to know for sure what happened.
There are lots of good blood breeders out there. Buy from someone who works with them, breeds them, can show pictures of the parents etc. The extra work makes all the difference in the world when it comes to getting a solid, well established baby. Might cost you a bit more but in the end you will be happier.
Nick Bottini
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