'01 White Sided Black Rat Very Limp and Not Eating

Posted by Jim on January 07, 2002 at 12:15:04:

I bought a male '01 hatchling white sided black ratsnake in August. Ever since I got him I could tell he did not have the muscularity of your typical rat snake hatchling. He was eating frozen thawed for a while then stopped. He is like a wet noodle when I drape him over my finger-. I did a fecal exam and saw no signs of parasites under the scope.I will be taking him to the Vet tommorrow. Does anybody have any idea what could cause this? Its like every muscle in his body disappeared. I hope he makes it-he's got really clean sides. Any experience you can share with these types of symptoms would be appreciated. Thanks.

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: I bought a male '01 hatchling white sided black ratsnake in August. Ever since I got him I could tell he did not have the muscularity of your typical rat snake hatchling. He was eating frozen thawed for a while then stopped. He is like a wet noodle when I drape him over my finger-. I did a fecal exam and saw no signs of parasites under the scope.I will be taking him to the Vet tommorrow. Does anybody have any idea what could cause this? Its like every muscle in his body disappeared. I hope he makes it-he's got really clean sides. Any experience you can share with these types of symptoms would be appreciated. Thanks.

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