My juvinille jungle died! Every thing was right..I'm soo shattered:(

[MissFord]

:cry: I fed him a fuzzy rat on the 27th, and he still had a buldge yesterday. My first snake so I wasn't sure how long till the bulge should be gone, anyway. I wasn't handling him or anything, temps in click clack were all good and he always had water. When I woke up he was half laying out of his hide with a little bit of yellowish liquid on the news paper around his mouth, and a bad smell, like something was rotten. My heart sank when I saw him:cry: can anyone tell me what may have happened?

 

[lizardloco]

I'm so sorry,:cry: I'm definitely not an expert but I think it must be something to do with indigestion or along the lines of that:?

 

[clipo38]

mouth rot?

 

[MissFord]

Yea. Such a shame he was a beautiful little snake and I feel so bad, I only had him about a week. I couldn't help but cry.

Inside and out looked healthy? Not sure, what's mouth rot?

 

[clipo38]

did it have a melted cheese kind of a covering over the gums?

if it did then it was mouth rot/canker

that is what my book says atleast

 

[MissFord]

Not at all, he looked very healthy all over, till this morning. But I'm sure it was digestion the smell was really bad.

 

[clipo38]

so sorry bout the whole thing
some times it just does not work out
(not your fault of corse)

 

[MissFord]

Yea I guess we were just unlucky this time...

 

[AirCooled]

Sorry for your loss,have you ruled out the food as the culprit? completely defrosted,trusted food source,etc?

 

[dylan-rocks]

I'm sorry for your loss

 

[MissFord]

Yea Shaun food was defrosted but I'm not sure of the brand and how old it was? Did get it from a pet shop but It had that smell of being frozen for a while. I suppose I'll never really know what did it, which is the hardest for me.

Cheers Dylan.

 

[AirCooled]

Do you have any detailed pics? Perhaps some of the more experienced herpers can give some more possible answers from them.

 

[MissFord]

I'm on my iPhone so can't do pics. Dunno f it would have helped anyway, just can't get over the smell. I think it went rotten in his stomach.

 

[beeman]

Just exactly how hot was the click clack? was the heat kept on 24/7?
How large was the snake verses the feed size?

 

[kupper]

Sounds like the animal wasn't getting warm enough to digest the food , potential bad food source could also be to Blame

I would recommend revisiting your husbandry and double checking your equipment , temps and measuring devices just to make sure you have everything correctly setup before contemplating a replacement

 

[MissFord]

One end was 30 other 23, i was only using a heat mat, heat was on 24/7. I read while their digesting it's best to have on 24/7? and the food was 1.5 times the thickest part of his body.

Thanks kupper will take all into account next time.

Will do kupper. Thanx for the advice.

 

[Specks]

to me sounds like bad food
nothing else suggests problems

 

[Vixen]

I'll take a bet that it was Pisces brand food?

Sorry for your loss!

 

[Grogshla]

Im so sorry for your loss. Perhaps the food was harvesting bacteria?
Did you get the food from a petshop?
If you need anything just ask. Sorry again

 

[Defective]

dunno but if its bad food then it could be ruled as the culprit by taking the snake to the vet and getting a blood test...somewhat like they do to dead humans, if its inconclusive a possible autopsy may find the cause.