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Hi all

So a few months back I have purchase a beautiful female Hypo Plasma corn, the first day I got her I already notice there is something off with her mid section. It looks like a lump but the reptile store employee assured me that it is because she has ate recently, this reptile store is a very reputable one in my area so I trusted them on their words. Anyhow Fiona the snake has been super wonderful and still is BUT the few months she is with me I notice the lump off and on and it's not from eating, I have even brought her to the vet a few times.

Here where I live in France there is not much option in term of reptile vet specialist, the vet I sew is the best one out of the 3 that is available and yet she admit she handle mostly exotic mammals. We can rule out impaction because she only eats in her tub and the only substrate is paper towel plus she have been pooing well normally 2 days after her feed. She had been deworm by the vet.

Her enclosure
Temperature
Cool side 77f
Warm side 84f UTH with pulse thermostat

Humidity 40% - 60% depends on the day

2 Hides and 1 water bowel

She have recently regurgitated her meal then she was well again, then she stop eating for a week then she is well again.

I have push the vet for a poo test, its been well over a week but she has not yet find the price and availability here.

I have attached the photo of the lump and want to see do you guys and girls think its cryptosporidium infection. The photo is taken with an empty stomach, her last feed was 6 days ago and have poo 2x since then.

Super thanks

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