thanks for that info nick, as you know i have a port mac with what you have advised me might be DPS, she is going onto 6 years old now and has layed 2 clutches of eggs, she wasn't put with a male this season,
after she layed last season i noticed she started shaking when picked up, she ate fine, and everything else was normal,
12 months on and she still shakes, she feeds normally, BUT she hasn't put her weight back on, she also sheds a lot more then normal, so at this stage i'm watching her very closely, if she goes down hill any further then she is now, i will ethenase her, she has been steady for the last 12 months, i had always put it down to possible the over use of TOD, ( i had an outbreak of mite, she was one of a few adults that had them, still trying to work out where they came from,) but she hasn't recovered,
i just want to say a big thanks to nick for taking the time to reply to my pm a few weeks ago when i asked for his help,
so at this stage i am watching her to see what happens, as she is one of our first snakes and our fav we are going to give her every chance to recover, but for the same reason i won't let her suffer,
it also goes to show that it's possible for natural intergrades to suffer from DPS,
she was kept under the same conditions as i keep most of my adult coastals, no heat during summer, and a hot rock in winter, no uv lights.............
my ebony in her good days....................
