| RE: Canker? What causes it in Snakes?
Canker is an often misused medieval word referring to any disease involving pus in a cavity . So we get mouth canker in reptile, ear canker in dogs, and thraot canker in pigeons and birds of prey. This is where the similarity ends. They are all caused by different organism and within a single species may be caused by several different organisms.
In reptiles it is better known as stomatitis and the better texts will refer to it as this. Any text still calling it canker is very outdated.
In herps it can occur due to infections from bacteria, mouth trauma, vitamin deficiency or all of the above.
Dr Danny Brown
| 
