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| Jayde |
Posted - 27/01/2013 : 22:39:50
Hi guys, it's been a looooooong time since I posted anything as I'm usually browse but I felt like I needed to seek abit of advice:
After cleaning all of the snakes today, I noticed that my eldest corn had 2 lumps on the side of his body.
The are at a rough guess about 2 - 3 inches above his vent, in the last 1/4 of his body
Each lump is about the size if a medium marble.
When touched they do not seem to cause him any discomfort.
They do not feel hard, but are not overly squishy, they simply feel like the rest of his body.
Was last handled about 11 /12 days ago and lumps were not preset then.
So the basic info:
He is almost 4 years old
Weight on last weigh in 674g about 5 weeks ago when last cleaned (forgot to weigh today as I am more worried about what these lumps could be)
Feeds every 10 days
Sheds & excretes as he should. He normally eats like its going out of fashion but has misse his last 3 feeds, although 1 was due to being in shed.
4x18x18 viv - forest floor substrate, foliage, hides, branches are plentiful,
Temperatures are always stable, ceramic bulb & gaurd in thermostat,
Never had any problems with mites or forms of parasites
No behaviour change, and was more than happy to come out for handling today.
Obviously the first thing I will be doing tomorrow morning is phoning the vets and getting him seen a soon as possible, but I figured it can't hurt to ask you guys too as I know many other members of the forum have corns and may have experienced this before.
I've never seen or had experience with this before, not even in my breeding pair as a child so really am abit stumped as to what they may be and trying to stop your head from thinking the worst can be hard.
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| Jayde |
Posted - 28/01/2013 : 11:24:17
He Is 4ft 10 inches, weighs 676g this morning. Hitch means he's out on 2g in almost 6 weeks from his last weigh in, but has been pooping since. No pictures as I'm at work until this evening.
Have an appointment booked for Wednesday afternoon which was the soonest I could get into the exotics vet :/ |
| SexyBear77 |
Posted - 28/01/2013 : 08:04:00
Judging by the width of his body relative to your hand, they could well be fatty deposits. Stick up a full body shot or weigh him and measure him and let us know the outcome  |
| Jayde |
Posted - 27/01/2013 : 23:51:37
If it could be impaction, is there anything I can do in the wait for an appointment, especially if I can't be seem tomorrow. He has an XL water bowl available at all times and is given fresh water every 2 days. An not that it's much help now, but when he does feed all of his food is heated through in warm water so is taken wet, never changed the way he was feed from the breeder.
If its fatty deposits, What are the recommendations for them? Longer periods between feeds? More exercise? His viv is like a jungle gym, but he prefers to lie in his log and has a mooch around each night, but isn't wildly active, unless he comes out.
He feeds on one large or XL muse each feed, depending what the shop have in stock on purchasing.
Lots if questions but if there's something I can be doing in the wait for tomorrow and an appointment then I want to be doing it! |
| Georgina |
Posted - 27/01/2013 : 23:39:29
Apart from impaction it fat deposits I'm not not sure what it could be. Is he defo a he? A trip to a good vet will be the best thing x. |
| Jayde |
Posted - 27/01/2013 : 23:18:56
When did he last poop.
I cleaned a still damp poop from the vivs 3 or 4 days ago after coming in from work around 7pm, so couldn't have been done more than a few hours before.
He has also had other since his first refused meal, maybe 4 -6 in total in a period just over a month |
| Georgina |
Posted - 27/01/2013 : 23:10:11
I would personally say it could be impaction. When was the last time he poked? |
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