Ashley Caspillo-SakaraGT4/Sakara *Possible Buyer Beware!*

So last night before I finally slept I checked on the Qtine room, and found the male from ashley like this:





I edited color settings only to make him more visible, as it was taken through a plastic tub at low light. I had ALREADY bumped the tub and he did not respond, and he did not respond to the flash of my camera.

He did respond to me opening the tub a little bit.. here are pics of him immediately after I opened the lid:





And he stayed like THAT for quite a while.

The last pic I took he was like this:


Now tell me, if you were in my shoes, and this was the source of your mites and it came from Ashley, what would you do? How would you react? I am ... not sure what to do, I know I can't really do anything... any advice? He's already spread mites to everyone so... I guess I feel doomed.

Move that snake away from any others. If you can get it out of the house, great.
Contact Dr. Jacobson. You might be able to send it to him for exam.

Sorry, first angle I couldn't tell he was resting his head..he may just be laying like that. Snakes are weird..lol However given all that's been seen, I'm probably overly paranoid.

Wait what? He wasn't resting his head, I freaked out and grabbed the camera because he was in his vines with his head held backwards in mid air. I'm sorry the picture quality is so AWFUL in the first two pics.

A video of it would be better. Not that he isn't laying in a somewhat odd position, but seeing the locomotion really will tell us if there is something wrong.

Is that one still quarantined from your other collection ??

Originally Posted by sally-dog

A video of it would be better. Not that he isn't laying in a somewhat odd position, but seeing the locomotion really will tell us if there is something wrong.

Agreed

IF that snake does end up displaying MORE odd behavior and a vet really does diagnose him as sick, you should think about getting a toxicology report in addition to the any IBD testing.

You've been treating for mites, and as you've seen before, it can cause neurological issues. A lot of neurological disorders are immediately thought to be IBD, and you need to make sure its one or the other by getting both tests done.

Originally Posted by Elizabethlea27

Wait what? He wasn't resting his head, I freaked out and grabbed the camera because he was in his vines with his head held backwards in mid air. I'm sorry the picture quality is so AWFUL in the first two pics.

Ok..I thought I was looking at the first few pics at a weird angle, but apparently his head IS at that funny angle. Yeah that doesn't look right in the pic.

The symptoms can be confused, is what I meant to say. You know the animal was exposed to IBD and you have been treating for mites, so those are your two biggest leads.