miss_mosher
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Hey guys, just thought I would share some pictures of a not so common occurrence.
Last year, I noticed that one of my older Spotted Pythons had developed a noticeable lump lower-body. This old girl is always extremely viscous, and suddenly I was able to handle her with my bare hands (and they were undamaged!) so she was definitely sick. Took her to the vet and they proceeded to remove a tumour and kidney after multiple tests of unsure diagnosis. She stayed in the small animal hospital for a week, was tube-fed, passed a stool (some waste had built up from fast tumour growth) and drank water by herself before coming home. It was uncertain if she would survive for much longer. However, she took her next feed normally, had a perfect shed, and has since gone back to her normal behavior of just not liking me (handling has been improved since the ordeal). From memory, stitches stayed in for a total of six weeks.
Unfortunately I was so caught up with continuous monitoring for a few months after the operation that I didn't think to ask for the X-ray and ultrasound photos, so I just have a few dodgy pics of the lump before removal, stitches and scar.
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Last year, I noticed that one of my older Spotted Pythons had developed a noticeable lump lower-body. This old girl is always extremely viscous, and suddenly I was able to handle her with my bare hands (and they were undamaged!) so she was definitely sick. Took her to the vet and they proceeded to remove a tumour and kidney after multiple tests of unsure diagnosis. She stayed in the small animal hospital for a week, was tube-fed, passed a stool (some waste had built up from fast tumour growth) and drank water by herself before coming home. It was uncertain if she would survive for much longer. However, she took her next feed normally, had a perfect shed, and has since gone back to her normal behavior of just not liking me (handling has been improved since the ordeal). From memory, stitches stayed in for a total of six weeks.
Unfortunately I was so caught up with continuous monitoring for a few months after the operation that I didn't think to ask for the X-ray and ultrasound photos, so I just have a few dodgy pics of the lump before removal, stitches and scar.
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