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The dreaded IBD

also, i hate to sound morbid and all negative, but this may be a situation that either you need to find and treat aggressively, or let the rest of your collection go, and do a HUGE HUGE disinfection and just restart everything, with better and proper quarantine as you increase your collection.
 
reticguy76 said:
what was the recommendation based on the pathology report of the other snakes that died ??
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what do you mean??

and as far as starting over- if i lose everything due to whatever is causing this, i dont think i am going to start over. ill start raising tadpoles or something instead -.-

cant stand seeing this happen!

but your right, and if i could find out HOW to treat it, or what to do to prevent spread, i would be doing it as we speak.

:shrug01:
 
meaning, maybe i missed it, was it recommended to treat the remaining collection with antibiotics, or other type if treatment/therapy, given that all seem to have the same sypmtoms and death occurrance
 
no, and the vet that i went through was not at all interested in answering any of my questions about it. i have a couple of friends that are taking copies of the report to their vets and such, to try to get a better understanding of the whole thing.
 
ahhhh, that explains it. i have 3 excellent reptile/amphibian medicine vets, that only do exotics and one specializes in reptiles specifically.

i do relief work for them on occasion.
 
yeahh, and the friends that are trying their vets, all have reptile specialists and what not. so we will see if we can get any better of an explanation from them
 
well i thought that everything was going good, then my little guy up and died last night.. so im back to square one!

and now im questioning the accuracy of the necropsy report.

everyone is still seperated and what not. seems to be doing good, but apparently that means nothing in this case!!
 
do you have an inkling as to which snake had this to start with and where it came from ??


what are the snakes living conditions (humidity, temps, type of cage, feeder source, etc) ??
 
not at all. the third one (lets say for instance) that was brought into the collection, could have been an asymptomatic carrier of whatever is actually is going on in that collection, and the first one that died could have had a congenital immune system defect (for example), which caused the signs and symptoms and then that one died.

all sorts of scenarios for how and why for the spread of contagious disease withing a colony of animals.

that being said, is the first one to die be the highest suspect, sure, but doesnt mean that its the culprit
 
asymmetry in the eyes (pupils) is generally indicative neurolgical disease or injuries. that is what ibd is thought to result in and affect, is the neurological system
 
For anyone still keeping up with this thread, my female spider baby died yesterday. same way as all the others. i have one single young snake left, and he is still doing great, eating and active. though that seems to not matter much...

thanks for everyones input..
 
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