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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

Athena is biting her tail again. I woke up a few minutes ago to her rolling around in the tank. I cant do this with her every 4 months!! Will be at the vet when they open, I'll keep posting.

My exboyfriend's snake (a corn) attacked herself about a month ago. She wasnt in the same room as him sleeping so he woke up and found her dead. Tons of blood in the tank and when we examined her body we found a lot of shattered vertebrae. Wondering if that would've been Athena's fate if I hadnt heard her when she first started..... My parents suggest maybe there's some viral infection that they both had. But we were really careful to never touch one of the snakes after having touched the other unless we'd fully showered (mostly because Athena gets really aggressive at the smell of snake). I just don't know. The corn wasnt exactly the same, she didnt eat her tail, she just looked like she bit herself a lot and bled a lot and then rolled so much she broke her spine. But Athenas definitely doing deathrolls around her tail.

WTF is up with these snakes???? Am I doing something wrong??

She's still parasite free, I just changed her tank a couple of weeks ago, new bedding, she's been really active and healthy.

I'm feeding her same as usual.

I feel like I'm doing something wrong here but I don't know what!! Sad

NorthernRegius.com · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 3:53 pm Post subject:

The only thing I can think of is straight away to the vet... you have washed the snake and enclosure so that there's nothing causing prey scent to be where it shouldn't right? Sorry about your snake & Best Wishes -Deb
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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

OK so nothing on xrays, but she pooped during and there was a little blood, and now in her carrier theres a spot of blood. I'm bandaging her tail up for now and taking her to the vet soon. Bleh.

peaches · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

All the best with her, I really do hope an answer is found soon!!

Apart from a food sent, neurological is all I can think of Sad

Take care

kalel · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 5:40 pm Post subject:

i am just wondering ...is there any possibility that thus is all because of the genetics?i mean there is alot of that going on...i mean because of so many inbreeding?or not?what do you all think?

Stuart · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:09 pm Post subject:

Have you used any pesticides etc in the room near her tank i.e fly spray , things like that?
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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

I don't use anything like that in my room. I dont ever spray cleaning stuff in here. No bug spray, no carpet cleaning stuff, nothing. Good thought though....

Stuart · Posted: Thu Jul 27, 2006 6:23 pm Post subject:

Has it been feeding ok?..when did it last shed?and was the shed whole?
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stargazerlily7 · Contributing Member Joined: 25 Mar 2006 Posts: 60

she's been eating well, and she shed almost a month ago, and it was whole.