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Posted by docric on January 22, 2003 at 18:36:06:
In Reply to: Possibly some insight to your situation posted by Tribal Prop on January 22, 2003 at 17:12:57:
:All of the snakes that died did have one thing in common, they all had a bluish black spot that developed mid body (could be seen under the skin at the stomach area). We then acquired an adult group of radiata and our females produced many offspring. Clutches of 11 to 16 eggs were common. Out of those snakes (we produced more than 70 that year) only 10 have grown to be adult size the rest are now dead! They all coincidentally had this bluish/black spot present. We never have had a problem like this with our other Asian elaphe, however, we have spoken to many other breeders that have experienced the same thing. It may be an internal parasite that plagues radiata, it may be due to weak genes or bad breeding, but after our losses with this species we would be reluctant to blame the bleach. We believe that this species produces multiple clutches and many babies due to the high mortality rate (just our opinion) What ever the case, don't blame yourself
Did you have a post mortem examination (necropsy as someone noted below) done on any of these snakes?
To everyone:
It is an examination that any veterinarian can do even he/she has no reptile expertise. It only requires *properly* collecting the samples and preparing them for the lab doing the work. It could provide a wealth of information and may make the diagnosis to save many more of your snakes when you have an unexpected death. Note: refrigerate DO NOT freeze the body until you have the examination done, and have it done as soon as possible after the death.
