It is with a heavy heart that I announce the death of my blood python, Ember. She exhibited no signs of illness at all. She was eating perfectly, drinking, and defecating on a regular basis. She was active and curious. Nothing had changed in my husbandry. She was thriving and doing very well. I found her freshly dead in her moist hide box on Thursday evening, which is feeding day for me. I sent her body in for a necropsy and I will report back to this thread when I find out the results. Has anyone had this happen before? All of my other animals are very healthy, but I am getting fecals done on every single one of them next week..just to be sure. I talked to my vet when I brought the body in and explained everything, and she said that it may have just been her time to die..but we'll see when the necropsy results come back. She had been in my care since November.
Ember was my first blood python. When I started researching bloods almost a year ago, I had a feeling that I would enjoy them..but it wasn't until I had one in my care that I realized how awesome this species could be. After I make sure that there are no problems with the health of my collection, I am going to try with bloods again. They are amazing snakes.
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