I'll see how willing my husband is to get them to a vet. I looked over four of the six remaining snakes this morning and they are all still very plump (as were the ones who died). Hubby wanted to put them in with our single ball python that is (I think) captive bred (it was given to us by a student who didn't like it because it scared him so we really know little to none of the history of the snake). I convinced hubby to keep the newbies separate, which is a very good thing. I'm super glad I did that. Most of the ten balls had their own enclosure. Four of the smallest one were in one large enclosure, and two of the medium ones were in an enclosure, and in both of those cases, there were deaths in those multiple enclosures. (one each in each cage). The other two were kept separately and were the two males in the shipment.



I knew that getting wild caught was getting a whole boatload of troubles, but I also knew that hubby wouldn't really understand the problems until he saw them for himself. Now he knows and vows never to get wild caught again, which is a good thing. Once we've disinfected the two cages that had the dead snakes in them, we'll move the remaining balls so they each have their own enclosure.



Again I appreciate everyone's help here. I know that the best solution is to go to a vet, but as I've mentioned, hubby has to figure some things out for himself. It will be up to him if we take these guys to the vet. Every time he wants snakes of his own he has the WORST luck. Last year we got a snake that was supposedly captive bred, and it was mite ridden and deformed and died within a couple of months of getting it. These balls were received only two weeks before Christmas and as you pointed out, we've already lost 40% of them.
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~Sasheena

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