I am currently minding a huge adult female olive python.
On Monday she was bagged and transported to my house, where she was placed into her own cage by her owner. During the transportation she passed urates and she and the bag were covered in it, it was normal however and she was rinsed before being placed in her cage. She is housed with a male who is slightly smaller. Neither have been handled since being placed in the cage on Monday.
She is rather fat and I don't know if the fat is normal for her or not, really quite pudgy, but not firm, it's soggy pudgy.
I noticed tonight that at some stage today a liquid has been passed, in the area she is currently resposing in. This liquid has dried and has left a 'water type' stain on the newspaper (not the usual yellow stain associated with urates/urine), there is a very small amount of dried smeared urates and a couple of puddles of what appears to be almost dried diluted blood. Ever seen the urine of a cat with kidney probs? It looks like that, but not all over, simply in two five cent piece spots.
Do snakes pass blood when they ovulate? Could she be ovulating? Would this explain the bloat?
Or is this something more sinister, like a kidney problem?
Or am I freaking out over nothing?
I am currently trying to reach the owner to let him know.
HELP !
On Monday she was bagged and transported to my house, where she was placed into her own cage by her owner. During the transportation she passed urates and she and the bag were covered in it, it was normal however and she was rinsed before being placed in her cage. She is housed with a male who is slightly smaller. Neither have been handled since being placed in the cage on Monday.
She is rather fat and I don't know if the fat is normal for her or not, really quite pudgy, but not firm, it's soggy pudgy.
I noticed tonight that at some stage today a liquid has been passed, in the area she is currently resposing in. This liquid has dried and has left a 'water type' stain on the newspaper (not the usual yellow stain associated with urates/urine), there is a very small amount of dried smeared urates and a couple of puddles of what appears to be almost dried diluted blood. Ever seen the urine of a cat with kidney probs? It looks like that, but not all over, simply in two five cent piece spots.
Do snakes pass blood when they ovulate? Could she be ovulating? Would this explain the bloat?
Or is this something more sinister, like a kidney problem?
Or am I freaking out over nothing?
I am currently trying to reach the owner to let him know.
HELP !
