Jungle with a broken back!! Help please

[king905au]

Hi all I think my 5 year old jungle girl has broken her back.
Two weeks ago we gave her some food, she must have been hunger launched at her food and fell off her ledge, I thought being a jungle she would be fine, but I think she landed wrong since that she has remained at the bottom of the enclosure she has since eaten and done number 2s having a look at her tonight after she took a feed last night touching the last 400 mm of her she didn't even flinch (normally very flighty) and then we noticed a lump near the middle of her back, we will be booking her into the vet tomorrow but not to sure about getting her there or even moving her and coursing her pain please help

 

[AshMan]

Very difficult but just try and move her into a container as easily as possible, this is really horrible and i feel awful for you. i really hope something can be done but if she has broken her back it doesnt look good this is terrible news and i wish you the best of luck that its something less sevre and something can be done.

Ash.

dont take her to a vet untill she has digested the food. the lump could be the food.

or that. wait a couple of days, then take her, if she's eating then she probably isnt in any real pain and should be ok to wait a couple of days.

 

[king905au]

Thanks Ash it's not the food that's for sure there is a lump from the food but that's higher this is a special snake and it will be very sad

 

[euphorion]

vet asap, good luck mate, hope it all works out for you and her

 

[Radar]

ok....so 5th time I have tried to reply to this. It's had 2 weeks, I highly doubt it will re-gurge.... Take it to the vets if you're worried, if it's unnecessary it's not a big deal, right?

 

[king905au]

Ok as far as I'm concerned I'm taking her to the vet if I can't get them to me, her rear end has been twisted all night, like she can't move other wise she would, I'm not a idiot and I know the diffrence between food she ate last night and something else she has to be looked at

 

[Radar]

Ah fair enough. Still think a vet trip is in order though, better to be safe then sorry with this sort of stuff. I've transported plenty of snakes after feeding and not had any worries yet. Actually I've only ever had one regurge ever and that was a hatchy with gut contortion. *Wow Im getting jack of this server doing whatever it is doing. Edit: Just be gentle with it. I'd honestly be surprised if it regurged if you take enough care.

 

[jham66]

Be careful! Don't put her in a bag, use a container instead. We rescued a snake off the road that had a broken back, when we put it in the bag it caused her to bend at the break and blocked it wind pipe. It made a flatulence like noise whenever it tried to breath and died before we got it home. The snake would've died of the injuries, but it could have suffered less.

 

[king905au]

I so agree with jham I'm really going to try and get the vet to come to me my main concern is coursing her pain, this sucks

 

[rockanfo]

If shes coiled/piled on loose substrate in a frontal opening enclosure, you could always try and 'shovel' her out and place gently into a container. Or try and get a sheet of paper, thin towel under her or something and move her over like that. Pretty much what the ambos do once they get a patient to hospital, off the stretcher. Just an idea.

 

[Nighthawk]

I've always been told not to move after feeding unless necessary, ie: an emergency. This sounds like an emergency to me. You're going to have to handle her gently anyway (if the vet can't get to you), and should it turn out to be nothing then I wouldn't worry about a gurge to tell you the truth; you can always feed your snake again later on, but a possible broken back seriously needs to be looked at. You sound like you've got the right idea just stick with your gut instincts, you know your snake.

 

[shellfisch]

I really hope your girl is ok for you

 

[king905au]

Hey thanks rockanfo will keep that in mind think we will have to move her I would say the vet will want to X-ray her

Thanks guys will let u all know how we go and I'm really hoping im wrong but every thing points to worse possible out come

 

[Beloved_Reptiles]

Will be thinking of you! I hope you're wrong and its not the worst outcome, but at least you will know you did your best. If anything it will make me be more careful when feeding mine in the future.
Good luck!

 

[king905au]

3 broken ribs and spinal damage had to put her down sad as

 

[shellfisch]

Far out.... really sorry to hear

 

[-Katana-]

I'm so sorry to hear that bad news, King.

 

[Dipcdame]

So sorry to hear that, she isn't suffering now, but it's just such a rotten thng to have happen. You did what you could.

 

[Mace699]

Mate gutted i've been reading this one since its come up so sorry to hear.

 

[Vixen]

Wow what an unfortunate thing to happen. My large adults frequently fall off their branches while taking a rat, guess i'll be much more careful from now on to only feed them on the floor or shelf.