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Gunthar130cl200 · 05-27-2007, 03:42 AM

Thanks all for your answers.

She just died yesterday on our way to a vet friend, who was ok to try an operation, event though he isn't specialized in reptiles. When we got her out of the box and realised she was dead, our friend quickly opened her to check if any babies could be saved but they were still embryos so nothing could be done.
He performed an autopsy and found a roundworm, approx 6cm long (2 and a half inches), so we think that she could have gotten it from eating a worm carrying fish, the worm grew and got out of the stomach, causing internal bleeding and/or attacking the lung.
I'm going to deworm her mate, to be sure. Because this could happen to anyone, and because this could help some people, we took pictures of the autopsy. So I've got a question for the moderators: do you wish me to post the pictures for anyone to see or would that be against the forum rules?

05-27-2007, 03:42 AM	#7 (permalink)
Gunthar130cl200 Hi, I'm New Here! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Aisne Posts: 15 Country:	Re: Inactive gravid female Thanks all for your answers. She just died yesterday on our way to a vet friend, who was ok to try an operation, event though he isn't specialized in reptiles. When we got her out of the box and realised she was dead, our friend quickly opened her to check if any babies could be saved but they were still embryos so nothing could be done. He performed an autopsy and found a roundworm, approx 6cm long (2 and a half inches), so we think that she could have gotten it from eating a worm carrying fish, the worm grew and got out of the stomach, causing internal bleeding and/or attacking the lung. I'm going to deworm her mate, to be sure. Because this could happen to anyone, and because this could help some people, we took pictures of the autopsy. So I've got a question for the moderators: do you wish me to post the pictures for anyone to see or would that be against the forum rules?