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OMG - Snake seizure or ???

The comet goldfish thing is absolutely true. I had a Senegal bichir that fed on comets for a long time to supplement her pellet food, and she was listless and just seemed lethargic all the time. As soon as I switched to a colony of self-bred (and gutloaded) guppies and fresh salmon, she perked back up and lived for quite a long time.
 
I had three piranhas die from eating comets as well... because that is all they would eat. There weren't feeder guppies available as often, and so we resorted to the comets - not knowing ANYTHING about the dangers. The poor things lasted all but one year.
I also had a large, round, yellow cichlid (can't remember what kind now, but easily 6 inches in diameter) get very ill as well, and die - from what we assume was feeding the comets to him half the time.
 
dreamwallaby said:
I'm not sure if it could be this but we had several garter snakes in the lab that started having seizures and the vet diagnosed a vitamin deficiency. I think it was Vit B but I can confirm tomorrow. We had to put them on a liquid vitamin the vet gave us for a while and add salmon chunks to their diet. They got much better after that, but one is actually blind in one eye from it. They would convulse if exposed to too much light and we had to turn lights almost out during treatment and cover their cages when they weren't being handled.
Considering the amount he is pooping, we can assume he probably is not able to digest properly and therefore maybe not be getting enough of a certain vitamin or nutrient maybe.
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Keep in mind Garter Snakes & Corn Snakes have different nutritional needs.

That information on the Vit B1 deficiency is great for Garter Snakes, but not the same for Cornsnakes.
 
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