Ok this is going to sound very random but here goes,
I had an anery striped corn snake, approx 4 years old male, he died a few weeks ago.
I discussed this with a few UK corn keepers about two years ago and nothing came to light then, we all assumed it had neurological problems as no other corns had expressed the same issue (that we know of)
Heres the story, about 2 years ago I picked up this anery striped male, he was being put into a tub while I cleaned his tub out, he started havign what i can only describe as a fit in my hands, his body went completely distorted, he looked like he was trying to turn himself inside out, his mouth was gaped and he looked dead. I thought he had died in my hands, so I tubbed him and went to inform my partner, on returning he was slithering about as if nothing had happened. He had done this a few more times since then and the vet and ourselves coudl find nothing wrong with him other than this, it was put down to a neurological condition and he was kept away from everything else (and never bred). He ate shed and did his business ok from then on and appeared normal other than this occasional "fitting" .
Well I never thought anythign more of it tbh I just got on with it and continued with passing onformation onto my vet, but I went and had a chat with another keeper the other day, he was showing me his corns and he got this wee one out, it was a normal stripe, suddenly this srtipe started having a seizure in his hand, its spine looked like what i can only describe as disjointed liek every vertibrae had clicked out of position its mouth was gaped and it looked dead. I advised the keepers to put the little corn in a tub and watch her, 3 minutes later she started righting herself as if she was clickign all her bones back into place, and then started slithering aroudn as if nothign had happened. We immediately thought of our little anery stripe when we witnessed this as its nearly identical. I would also like to add I had never ever been to their house before that day.
The same people had another stripe die a week or so earlier and it looked distorted, aparently it looked identical to the one she saw fitting, but that one had actually sadly died. Ther husbandry is excellent, their hygiene is excellent
I am not trying to start a fight or cause trouble and I dont want to start scare tactics this is NOT an epidemic people, but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed anything similar, as I said every test the vet could do while alive was done on my anery stripe and nothign "nasty" was found,
I was just wondering if theres a neurological condition some corns can possibly carry that I do not know about or if this is completely random and we were just very very unlucky (as were our corns) or if any other keepers have seen similar (I am babbling now sorry)
I had an anery striped corn snake, approx 4 years old male, he died a few weeks ago.
I discussed this with a few UK corn keepers about two years ago and nothing came to light then, we all assumed it had neurological problems as no other corns had expressed the same issue (that we know of)
Heres the story, about 2 years ago I picked up this anery striped male, he was being put into a tub while I cleaned his tub out, he started havign what i can only describe as a fit in my hands, his body went completely distorted, he looked like he was trying to turn himself inside out, his mouth was gaped and he looked dead. I thought he had died in my hands, so I tubbed him and went to inform my partner, on returning he was slithering about as if nothing had happened. He had done this a few more times since then and the vet and ourselves coudl find nothing wrong with him other than this, it was put down to a neurological condition and he was kept away from everything else (and never bred). He ate shed and did his business ok from then on and appeared normal other than this occasional "fitting" .
Well I never thought anythign more of it tbh I just got on with it and continued with passing onformation onto my vet, but I went and had a chat with another keeper the other day, he was showing me his corns and he got this wee one out, it was a normal stripe, suddenly this srtipe started having a seizure in his hand, its spine looked like what i can only describe as disjointed liek every vertibrae had clicked out of position its mouth was gaped and it looked dead. I advised the keepers to put the little corn in a tub and watch her, 3 minutes later she started righting herself as if she was clickign all her bones back into place, and then started slithering aroudn as if nothign had happened. We immediately thought of our little anery stripe when we witnessed this as its nearly identical. I would also like to add I had never ever been to their house before that day.
The same people had another stripe die a week or so earlier and it looked distorted, aparently it looked identical to the one she saw fitting, but that one had actually sadly died. Ther husbandry is excellent, their hygiene is excellent
I am not trying to start a fight or cause trouble and I dont want to start scare tactics this is NOT an epidemic people, but I was wondering if anyone else has noticed anything similar, as I said every test the vet could do while alive was done on my anery stripe and nothign "nasty" was found,
I was just wondering if theres a neurological condition some corns can possibly carry that I do not know about or if this is completely random and we were just very very unlucky (as were our corns) or if any other keepers have seen similar (I am babbling now sorry)
