herplover92
10-23-15, 09:14 AM
I have a one year old(according to the unreliable pet shop that sold it to me) purple albino reticulated python that has been acting weird and lately im convinced that If I dont get any help it might die, but I am scared that taking it to the vet might stress him out too much.
Reptile's Info:
Albino reticulated python. Male. Aprox. 1 year old. Ive had it for about two months.
Handling - He poops and pees almost every day so I take him out for about 15 minutes everyday to clean his cage and inspect his health and of course drool over him.
Feeding - two small rats every four days, but the problem started when i tried to feed him a jumbo rat and he couldnt kill it so i killed it for him and then he took like 6 hours to swallow it and 6 days to digest. It was huge. I buy the rats from the only reptiles store around my house so I just get what they have available.
Fecal Description - I have never tested for parasites but his poop is kin of soft. My burmese poops way more solid and way less often than this guy.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - I keep him in a plastic tub i forgot how big is it but its about 3'x2'x1' with a big enough water bowl for him to completely submerge inside.
I use a heat tape that covers 1/3 of the cage.
Temperature - the heat tape side gets up to 90F and the cool side varies from 80-76.
Humidity - 60-70%
I live in Taipei so its not far from his natural environment.
So basically a month ago on his 4th feeding with me I fed him a jumbo rat that he had trouble with but ended up eating and digesting. He then spent two weeks before he took any food. Rejecting the normal small live rats that i used to feed him. I tried killing one and he refused. So he spent three weeks without eating before he ate a small rat after a long time of the rat being in his cage. His next feeding a week later he refused to eat and the rat bit him on his belly and he has been acting weird ever since. He seems very weak, and scared. He is not his usual active self curious self anymore.
PS: he has a weird bulge right before his cloaca that I think might be his hemipenes but I havent noticed this before. Ive also been finding these dusty looking things at the bottom of his waterbowl that might be semen. And the temperature has been dropping here so ive had to put in a heater in the room but its manual so they have experienced some cool drops periodically for the last two weeks.
Reptile's Info:
Albino reticulated python. Male. Aprox. 1 year old. Ive had it for about two months.
Handling - He poops and pees almost every day so I take him out for about 15 minutes everyday to clean his cage and inspect his health and of course drool over him.
Feeding - two small rats every four days, but the problem started when i tried to feed him a jumbo rat and he couldnt kill it so i killed it for him and then he took like 6 hours to swallow it and 6 days to digest. It was huge. I buy the rats from the only reptiles store around my house so I just get what they have available.
Fecal Description - I have never tested for parasites but his poop is kin of soft. My burmese poops way more solid and way less often than this guy.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - I keep him in a plastic tub i forgot how big is it but its about 3'x2'x1' with a big enough water bowl for him to completely submerge inside.
I use a heat tape that covers 1/3 of the cage.
Temperature - the heat tape side gets up to 90F and the cool side varies from 80-76.
Humidity - 60-70%
I live in Taipei so its not far from his natural environment.
So basically a month ago on his 4th feeding with me I fed him a jumbo rat that he had trouble with but ended up eating and digesting. He then spent two weeks before he took any food. Rejecting the normal small live rats that i used to feed him. I tried killing one and he refused. So he spent three weeks without eating before he ate a small rat after a long time of the rat being in his cage. His next feeding a week later he refused to eat and the rat bit him on his belly and he has been acting weird ever since. He seems very weak, and scared. He is not his usual active self curious self anymore.
PS: he has a weird bulge right before his cloaca that I think might be his hemipenes but I havent noticed this before. Ive also been finding these dusty looking things at the bottom of his waterbowl that might be semen. And the temperature has been dropping here so ive had to put in a heater in the room but its manual so they have experienced some cool drops periodically for the last two weeks.