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Lumps, bumps, and bulges

The eggs my snake laid even though she had not met another snake in over two years were fertile, It was outlined here that the can change sex but retain some of the sperm therefore self fertilising (Parathogenisis (sp?))
 
Where was that outlined, on this forum?! Never heared anything about it..... Would be a nice problem to deal with when planning and executing breeding projects :rolleyes:
 
Parthenogenesis does not imply that an animal has changed gender. Neither sponataneous gender change nor parthenogenesis has been documented in corns (to the best of my knowledge).
 
My understanding of Serps reply was either retained sperm OR Paranthenogenisis(sp?) PerhapsI should start another topic on this subject as I am concerned I have hijacked this thread. I hope he gets well soon whatever the cause. :wavey:
 
oops that link doesn't work.. see Breeding/Egg production & Care Forum for new topic.
 
Well, I said I would come back with the numbers when I got them so here they are: Mashie (he is a He just to be certain) is just at about 5 feet in length and his weight at the vet this morning was *gulp* 1,692 grams.

How long can a snake go without any food by the by? Not that I want to starve him, but I don't want to go too long without feeding him yet keeping in mind that a 4th regurgitation is a very bad sign if that comes to pass.
 
Oh my..... I'd give him a 4 week break from eating now, and give him some Nutribac in his water. Good for his stomach and the 4 weeks without food for loosing weight. Then start with a pinkie, after 10 days 2 pinkies, after 12 days a fuzzie and after 2 weeks a hopper, then after 16 days a weaner and after 18 days a small mouse to end with the slimming schedule of 1 mouse every 3 weeks. But since I am not an expereienced expert, this is just my interpretation of all I have read. The best expert on regurges is Kathy Love, so you can allso take a look in the manual. She allso recommends Grapefruit seed extract for stomach problems involving bacteria, viruses and parasites, but yours might have problems because of the fatty deposits. Giving GSE would not hurt anyway though IMO. It helped 1 of my snakes bounce back from stomach problems. Good luck with this one!
 
I wouldn't give a 5 foot snake a pinky. Start with a mouse about half the size of what he is eating now.
 
do u house him with other snakes? maybe a different snake has bitten in the lower area and has inflammed or infected
 
kr3w said:
do u house him with other snakes? maybe a different snake has bitten in the lower area and has inflammed or infected
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This thread is nearly a year old. Any word on progress of this snake?
 
Wow, I was suprised to see this come up

Thanks for posting.

Mashie is still his usual self. I have not been able to get him to a scale since his first few visits to the reptile vet, but his hindquarters are still quite full-figured to date.

His eating habits have been reduced by more than somewhat. I bought a bag of hoppers/weanlings for him and they are now gone (maybe 15 or 20), and I have tried to move him onto larger mice every two weeks or so, but he does not look noticeably different. I think if I get an exact weight measurement that will be helpful, but I don't believe supermarkets like it if you bring in a snake to toss on their vegetable scales.

He lives by his lonesome as well. No other snakes for him to stress out about. I did have him to a children's book reading in the last month and it was the first time that he got to wander about in the green grass in his life. He also found the first chipmunk hole of his life and wanted to go exploring which excited me greatly. :O)

Aside from that he has been stable. Only about two regurges that I can recall in the last 6 months, and those were on larger mice. I'd wait a week or more and then hand him a smaller one which he would keep down.

As for other details, he hides 23 hours a day and does say much just like always. ;O)
 
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