Worried about Tiny - Where Responsible Reptile Keepers Connect!

danktat · #1 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:35 PM

Well, I mentioned about a month and a half ago that Tiny was holding onto a rat and wasn't swallowing it. Just a hit and wrap and then a hold in the mouth with no effort made to consume it. Well it is two feeds later and she has done the same things both of the other times. Also, I had to peel her last shed and this time she came out of blue over a week ago and no effort has been made to slough off the skin. Has anyone ever heared of such a lack of motivation before? Acting quite strange (especially for her) as her feed response is generally pretty agressive and she HATES unshed skin. I have seen her go nuts trying to get it off. Any feedback would be appreciated.

heckyess321 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:46 PM

wel i dont know much about the shed part but my rescue male that my cousin has ate when i got him here. then every 2 weeks we tried to feed him he refused everytime up until like 3 weeks ago. he wrapped it up and everything then went away, u take it out put it in he did the same thing over and ove again. a few days ago i went over there and bumped the heat up it was just fine before but i made it a little bit hotter just so he would be a lil more active. so we tried feedin him that night and he ate 2 large rats no prob. i dont know if im any help but i try lol

JuliusSqueezer · #3 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:58 PM

The wrap and then hold in the mouth but not swallow thing, I've seen a couple of times. Outcome did not vary and I'm afraid it didn't end happy. Maybe I missed something so I'm not going to give advice or declare doom. If you or your vet can work through this somehow, I would greatly appreciate some shared information. My belief is that it's neurological in nature but I have nothing to prove it. Watch for biting herself on the side and wrapping an imaginary rat. That came a little later in both cases I had.

danktat · #4 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 12:00 AM

Were there shedding issues too or just the strike, wrap and hold thing?

AbsoluteApril · #5 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 12:54 AM

Are you going to take her to the vet for blood work? I hope it turns out okay! I know you've been worried about her for a while.

pythonguy21 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 04:12 AM

dang man im sorry to hear that i hope the issue is resolved

JuliusSqueezer · #7 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 06:07 AM

One had shedding issues near the end (burm) shed was flaky so I got him out and soaked and found that there were actually 2 sheds coming off...The other (Ball python) actually had a perfect shed about a day or two before things went completely south. The burm (Max) was a couple of years ago. The ball python was many years ago...like 8 or 10 maybe?

danktat · #8 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 06:53 AM

Actually, a response from Jeff over at KS seemed to have similar outcomes as to what you were saying :( Not looking good.

JuliusSqueezer · #9 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 06:55 AM

I hate to be the grim reaper...but dang it...if it's happened, it's probably happened here it seems.

louise · #10 (**permalink**) 07-03-2008, 08:57 AM

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Originally Posted by JuliusSqueezer

The wrap and then hold in the mouth but not swallow thing, I've seen a couple of times. Outcome did not vary and I'm afraid it didn't end happy. Maybe I missed something so I'm not going to give advice or declare doom. If you or your vet can work through this somehow, I would greatly appreciate some shared information. My belief is that it's neurological in nature but I have nothing to prove it. Watch for biting herself on the side and wrapping an imaginary rat. That came a little later in both cases I had.

max:( :( :(