So Glitch has a kidney tumor.

[Starbuck]

i understand that you want to be really aware of your options, but is he not eating or otherwise acting sick? If not, you may still have time to come up and save up some money to deal with whatever decision you need to make.

If you cannot afford the surgery (which is absolutely reasonable given the expense), i would definitely talk to either of the veterinarians about the cost of a necropsy. It may give you some piece of mind, and they may be able to tell you more about the etiology of the tumor. Good luck and i wish you peace of mind with these difficult decisions you have to make

[Zoo Nanny]

Yes by donating I mean giving them the snake. Quite often the schools will jump at the chance of being able to perform surgery on an exotic so the students can learn.

[Skits]

I do want to try saving money a bit before doing anything. He doesn't eat well, but that's from previous health problems (mites, stuck shed, scale rot). I'm going to try to feed him again soon and see if he can take it. The other carpet python still hasn't eaten for me either even with proper temps and all that. I feel like the humidity is the issue since they're both on dry paper because of the scale rot.

I'll think about donating Glitch to them. If it can help save his life, I'd do it.


Glitch's tumor removal | Medical Expenses - YouCaring.com

[Terranaut]

Updates?????

[La vie est joie]

bonne chance

[Skits]

http://www.ssnakess.com/forums/morel...tml#post918241

[La vie est joie]

Je suis tellement désolé....

[LiL Zap]

Tumors on the kidney are never a good thing (I'm a veterinary technician so I see these types of things alot). Even though I have more experience with dogs and cats on the MEDICAL side of things, I can tell you tumors on vital organs are almost always fatal in the end. If the surgery with your carpet python is a success, it'll only buy it a couple of months or maybe a year. Then again, I'm more experienced with canine and feline vet medicine so take what I say with a grain of salt.

Best wishes to your baby.

EDIT: I just saw your post about Glitch passing. My condolences...had I known he passed already I wouldn't have typed this paragraph up like a dummy.