Sarita
Not so new Member
Hi Everyone
I have not posted much on here but was hoping if any of you have ever come across a similar or same problems we have had with our Olive python.
We got our little girl in April last year and she has never eaten for us ever. We send her back to the breeder once and they said she ate 5 times over a period of six weeks and that is was an environmentla problem that we had to fix, We changed the enclosure set up 4 times and still no luck with getting her feeding. She has just turned one yr old and has not eaten for 5 1/2 months now (since she came back from breeder) and only eated a total of 12 times in her whole life.
We took her to the vet a couple of times just to be checked out and they said as she was a hatchling we needed to get her feeding however her body condition was still looking good, so we took her home tried again for another two weeks with no reponse she crawls on the food and curls up around your wrist.
Then I checked her in the morning as I do everyday and she had a huge selling around 5cm long at her rear end so I took her to the vet staright away she ended up having a coacal infection and had surgery done that day. The vet kept her for 2 weeks and gave her meds, etc. We got her back and had to keep up on the injections every day for a week, we took her back for a check up once they had finished and she needed another clean out,
She than stopped drinking and now we are injecting her every second day with fluids and giving betadine baths everyday but she is still dehydrated. Our vet at lose of what was wrong after her blood tests and fecal test came back healthy refered us to Rob at penrith who was also at a lose and has only suggested it is either organ failure or possible a spinal defect from birth but she is an extremely od case and now we can only ride it out. She is so full of life and soooooo gentle after all the poking and proding she has had done she not once bit us.
Hs anyone got any ideas as at moment she is being tube fed with a mix of Hills dog food and something else so her is getting nutrients.
We know she will never grow to a large size, she will be a midget but we dont care as we love her so much as she has the most perfect personality. We just want her healthy and to live a happy life.
Any suggestions. Oh and I appologise that this is so long I have cut out most info but these are the main concerns.
Cheers
I have not posted much on here but was hoping if any of you have ever come across a similar or same problems we have had with our Olive python.
We got our little girl in April last year and she has never eaten for us ever. We send her back to the breeder once and they said she ate 5 times over a period of six weeks and that is was an environmentla problem that we had to fix, We changed the enclosure set up 4 times and still no luck with getting her feeding. She has just turned one yr old and has not eaten for 5 1/2 months now (since she came back from breeder) and only eated a total of 12 times in her whole life.
We took her to the vet a couple of times just to be checked out and they said as she was a hatchling we needed to get her feeding however her body condition was still looking good, so we took her home tried again for another two weeks with no reponse she crawls on the food and curls up around your wrist.
Then I checked her in the morning as I do everyday and she had a huge selling around 5cm long at her rear end so I took her to the vet staright away she ended up having a coacal infection and had surgery done that day. The vet kept her for 2 weeks and gave her meds, etc. We got her back and had to keep up on the injections every day for a week, we took her back for a check up once they had finished and she needed another clean out,
She than stopped drinking and now we are injecting her every second day with fluids and giving betadine baths everyday but she is still dehydrated. Our vet at lose of what was wrong after her blood tests and fecal test came back healthy refered us to Rob at penrith who was also at a lose and has only suggested it is either organ failure or possible a spinal defect from birth but she is an extremely od case and now we can only ride it out. She is so full of life and soooooo gentle after all the poking and proding she has had done she not once bit us.
Hs anyone got any ideas as at moment she is being tube fed with a mix of Hills dog food and something else so her is getting nutrients.
We know she will never grow to a large size, she will be a midget but we dont care as we love her so much as she has the most perfect personality. We just want her healthy and to live a happy life.
Any suggestions. Oh and I appologise that this is so long I have cut out most info but these are the main concerns.
Cheers