For those of you who remember our sick coastal Nymph, something pretty horrible happened this morning 
. When I got up I saw he was roaming around the cage which is unusual so I thought it might be a good opportunity to see if he would eat something seeing as he hasn't eaten in so long. When he moves it's not the smooth movements of a healthy snake...it's kind of a bit shaky, not really bad but still not normal. Anyway, by the time I defrosted it (only a few mins cos I was just trying a pinkie mouse) he was doing something which looked awful :cry: . Those weird tummy movements I had described in my last thread were REALLY bad and he was almost throwing himself around in the corner...he had his mouth wide open just holding it there and his stomach looked like he was trying to regurgitate something...like the opposite of what they look like when they're eating but much more violent. It probably lasted about 1 min or so and then he gave up and went moving about again. I have no idea what to do anymore. The vet says there's nothing left we can do and the only other theory we have is something Afro suggested...that maybe it's an allergy. Has anyone heard of an allergy in snakes? I've heard of skin problems due to allergies but not stomach inflammation. We're going to move him into a diff cage and change everything in his environment to see if it helps at all. Seeing him looking like he was trying to regurgitate made me think again that maybe there's something stuck in his stomach? When the vet opened him up he didn't find anything...but he didn't actually open the stomach itself.
I think I might call some interstate vets to see if they have any other ideas cos my vet said he can't do anything else. Can somebody recommend a good one? It's getting to the point where I think I can't just leave him like this anymore...
. When I got up I saw he was roaming around the cage which is unusual so I thought it might be a good opportunity to see if he would eat something seeing as he hasn't eaten in so long. When he moves it's not the smooth movements of a healthy snake...it's kind of a bit shaky, not really bad but still not normal. Anyway, by the time I defrosted it (only a few mins cos I was just trying a pinkie mouse) he was doing something which looked awful :cry: . Those weird tummy movements I had described in my last thread were REALLY bad and he was almost throwing himself around in the corner...he had his mouth wide open just holding it there and his stomach looked like he was trying to regurgitate something...like the opposite of what they look like when they're eating but much more violent. It probably lasted about 1 min or so and then he gave up and went moving about again. I have no idea what to do anymore. The vet says there's nothing left we can do and the only other theory we have is something Afro suggested...that maybe it's an allergy. Has anyone heard of an allergy in snakes? I've heard of skin problems due to allergies but not stomach inflammation. We're going to move him into a diff cage and change everything in his environment to see if it helps at all. Seeing him looking like he was trying to regurgitate made me think again that maybe there's something stuck in his stomach? When the vet opened him up he didn't find anything...but he didn't actually open the stomach itself.I think I might call some interstate vets to see if they have any other ideas cos my vet said he can't do anything else. Can somebody recommend a good one? It's getting to the point where I think I can't just leave him like this anymore...
