It hard not to stress :cry: . We will hopeful know something today when they go to the vet.
Their snake is fine this morning. :?
Nome posted some information for me that was very helpful, scary but helpful . Thankyou and i'm sorry for your losses. What are you doing about your snake that has had the virus for 3 months, what symptoms is it showing?
I don't usually check this site, but checked back to see if you've had any news yet, sorry for the delay.
I don't mean to scare you at all with what I posted, I was just telling you some information about OPMV and what it showed in our collection and what you can do but only IF that jungle had it. Hopefully it's symptoms had nothing to do with the disease. With our diamond, the herp vet we took him too was as sure as he's ever been that it didn't have OPMV, but due to the fact we have a large collection and were trading and expecting a good breeding season, we made the difficult decison to euthanize the snake (which was very sick by this stage) and have it tested anyway. It's a horrible reality that the only way that a snake can be diagnosed is after death.
The snake that has the virus and is still alive is an adult Bredli. I guess we can't say 100% she has the virus because she can't be tested, but just after we had the confirmed case of OPMV she started showing identical signs to the diamond. She is quarantined away from the house in a separate dwelling, so is the male she was mating with who so far has shown no signs. Her symptoms are that she is very rigid often and crawls backward, flipping onto her back. But there are many other signs of OPMV. Our diamond didn't show the 'typical' symptoms of a respiratory infection that OPMV infected snakes often show, which was why the vet was sure it was a brain tumor. The Bredli has so far hung on, we still have not decided to euthanize her because she has been with us for a long time and we don't want to let her go without a fight, but reality is she will probably lose it or we will have to make that decision soon. She seemed to be getting better for a time, but since she ate recently, she has gone downhill again. Even if she did survive and get better, she will never be able to be anywhere near any other snakes in case she is a carrier. The most frustrating thing is that there is such little known about this virus.
I hope that helps, and I don't mean to alarm you at all. Just sharing my experience and I really hope that your friends can get to a good herp vet and find out that there is a non-infectious reason for the jungle being sick. THat is still a big possibility.
Keep us posted.