Im so sorry i have lucy 2, never heard of anything like that, but im sorry

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Posted by Gail on February 02, 2002 at 22:07:51:

In Reply to: Sad story posted by DogStar on February 01, 2002 at 13:45:11:

: Hi i just wanted to share a sad story, I had a female texas luecistic rat I got from South Mountain last Janurary that was the nicest, tamest snake I have ever had, she was even 'personable'. This winter her appatite decreased, but I though, hey it's winter. She was eating about once a month and sheddin once every two months or so. Well, I left for the weekend, and when I got back I thought she was dead, rushed her to the emergency clinic where she got fluids and baytril. She died the next morning. She was fine Friday when I left! I took her to my vet for a necropsy and he said other than a slightly small liver and a slightly large kidney, he couldn't find an obvious cause of death. He is sending Histopath samples out today. She was living with my male corn snake so I am terrified it was something contagious. If I loose him too I might have to be commited.
: Has this sudden death thing ever happened to anyone else? My vet said sudden death when the snake seemed healthy is uncommon.
: Oh, this was the snake that I posted a picture of a little while ago that was curvy, I called her my kinky rat snake. I showed that pic to the vet and he couldn't tell me if it was directly related to her death or not.
: DogStar

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: : Hi i just wanted to share a sad story, I had a female texas luecistic rat I got from South Mountain last Janurary that was the nicest, tamest snake I have ever had, she was even 'personable'. This winter her appatite decreased, but I though, hey it's winter. She was eating about once a month and sheddin once every two months or so. Well, I left for the weekend, and when I got back I thought she was dead, rushed her to the emergency clinic where she got fluids and baytril. She died the next morning. She was fine Friday when I left! I took her to my vet for a necropsy and he said other than a slightly small liver and a slightly large kidney, he couldn't find an obvious cause of death. He is sending Histopath samples out today. She was living with my male corn snake so I am terrified it was something contagious. If I loose him too I might have to be commited. : : Has this sudden death thing ever happened to anyone else? My vet said sudden death when the snake seemed healthy is uncommon. : : Oh, this was the snake that I posted a picture of a little while ago that was curvy, I called her my kinky rat snake. I showed that pic to the vet and he couldn't tell me if it was directly related to her death or not. : : DogStar : : <center><img src=http://community.webshots.com/storage/1/v4/2/58/92/29125892fTGsRsarXw_ph.jpg>

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