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04-Nov-06, 12:26 PM
|  | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18  | | |  Help - IS MY SNAKE SICK
I was about to feed my snake when i noticed its under bely is becoming slighty pink...
ive heard of a disease that had symptoms like this...
should i be worried...
all your input would be appreciated
TOM |
04-Nov-06, 12:27 PM
| | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18 | | | | Forgot to say its a carpet python
and hasnt fed for approx 2 weeks |
04-Nov-06, 12:28 PM
| | Alpha Male Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Sydney Age: 22 | | | | what type of snake? do you have pictures? |
04-Nov-06, 12:33 PM
| | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18 | | | | i dont have pics on me because im not at home but i will post as soon as possible.
again it is a carpet python...
thanks Tom |
04-Nov-06, 12:43 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: sunny gunny nsw Age: 29 | | | | i think in the last reptiles australia mag they had a thing on opmv and have pics of snakes with pink bellys, i go try find it
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04-Nov-06, 12:47 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: sunny gunny nsw Age: 29 | | | | found it can i post pics out of there? that would be copyright hey?
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04-Nov-06, 12:50 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Perth Age: 22 | | | | just write that its copywrited to that mag etc...should be ok...as long as they get the credit...lol |
04-Nov-06, 12:52 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-06 Location: Brisbane Age/Gender: 23 | | | | How big is the snake? |
04-Nov-06, 12:56 PM
| | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18 | | | | the snake is about 2m |
04-Nov-06, 12:56 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-03 Location: Cairns | | | | It's not unusual for a snakes belly to go pink when you are feeding it, most commonly seen in Diamonds and Coastals, has something to do with blood flow.
If it shows any other symptoms then I'd start to worry.
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04-Nov-06, 12:57 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-06 Location: sunny gunny nsw Age: 29 | | | | ok well heres the pics out of reptiles australia vol 3 issue 1 its upside down lol but you get the picture
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04-Nov-06, 12:57 PM
| | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18 | | | | it has never had any pink on its belly before.
And for the past two weeks it has been in its hide thingy.
which is out of charater |
04-Nov-06, 12:58 PM
| | MHS CAPTAIN Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: STUARTS POINT --- An Hour South of Coffs Harbour Age/Gender: 18 | | | | my snakes under belly isnt like that yet but ill keep a look out.
thanks heaps for the info everyone has given me.
TOM
Last edited by motman440; 04-Nov-06 at 01:02 PM.
Reason: wrote the wrong thing
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04-Nov-06, 01:32 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Dec-05 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | | I noticed my coastal carpet's belly go a little pink during its last feed, like Magpie said this isn't uncommon.
If it starts moving around strangely, "star-gazing" or going upside down like in those pics, then you really start to worry and get to a vet ASAP!
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04-Nov-06, 05:08 PM
|  | Sapere aude Sponsor | Join Date: Oct-06 Location: ACT | | | | As the others said, if it is just flushing, there is probably nothing to worry about.
My bigger DP kali , he has never done it, but then again, he is a sloth head,
Aries the smaller DP is fiesty and she gets a flush every time food is on the table, and she strikes really vigorously gutz o.
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