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[rodentrancher]

Dave and I think that Monty our Brissie Coastal might be sick too. He is acting very strangely indeed. He finally started to eat after Winter, but decided he only wants birds I think. He ate some defrosted day old chicks no probs. Next time he ate, he ate two plump baby pigeons(live). The last two times we attempted to feed him, he constricted and killed the pigeons, but did not eat them. He pretty well wrecked the inside of his enclosure. Looked like World War 3 in there. This morning he constricted another pigeon but did not eat it. He is very rigid at the moment, also waving his head around a fair bit too. We noticed that his hemipenes are poking out and also that some creamy white stuff was coming out of that area(definately not faeces). When I was shifting him up to his basking area so I could clean out the enclosure, he constricted my hand and fingers and wouldn't let go. The only way I could get him off was to put him under the shower. Its no mean feat to try and get a nearly 6ft snake off your hand and fingers I can tell you. We have also noticed that he seems a tad disorientated, and goes over onto his back for some reason. I've made an appointment for the vet on Monday. Will ask for some blood tests to see if he is lacking in anything, and to make sure he hasn't got some sort of infection. Cheers Cheryl