Worried about Miriam :-(

[anji1971]

Oh Lori, best of luck...........you don't need any more sad things to happen.

[Stefan-A]

Damn. I hope she recovers.

[GarterGuy]

Sorry to hear that Miriam isn't doing well. Babies are so hard sometimes. I hope she pulls out of whatever has her down. Raising the temp. should definitely help out. Good luck with her.

[scorpio]

Hi,

does she feel better now?

You can try red light. Perhaps it'll help her. Is it possible that she's pregnant. Perhaps some complications on this way?

Best wishes, Irina

[Lori P]

Thanks guys for all the help. I raised the temp up to 90 and she laid directly under that heat lamp all night, from what I can see. I've just switched over to the daytime light, so will also keep that up at 90. She hasn't moved, but she is alive.

But I need to HELP HER-- what can I DO???? What's WRONG with her?? I'll talk to my vet today, but I'm not sure he is that much of an expert... I don't want to bring her in and stress her unless he thinks he can help her. I have an appt there anyways at 9 with one of the dogs, so I'll talk to him then.

I just looked back at her feeding schedule and it's not that bad... she skipped two whole weeks in November, not three, but then she generally has eaten once a week (even tho I offer it twice) up until the end of Dec. when she skipped one week. Then she ate twice more. So it's not like she's been totally off feed. And she's eaten different things; pinky parts, salmon, minnows.

ANY other ideas?? Is 90 ok if she's choosng to lay under it??

[drache]

Lori
sorry to hear Miriam is not doing well
she does not look thin to me
quite a few of my snakes slow down at this time of the year, even if I try to fool them by keeping light and heat on a summer schedule - it seems they still kind of know what time of year it is
but Miriam seems to have something more than that going on
if this was my snake, I'd try warm baths with electrolytes (my low intervention plan for many problems) in addition to raising the heat in the tank
after that I'd be stumped and take her to the vet

[adamanteus]

Lori, I have no useful suggestions to offer. I just wish you the best of luck, and hope she's okay. X

[Lori P]

Hi guys-- wanted to let you know I took Miriam to the vet this am-- he was able to get a tiny bit of feces, and she is LOADED with flagellates-- over-loaded, is how he put it. He's not sure if that's the whole problem, but, we are going to start there. I actually have to take her back tonite for treatment as he had to have time to figure out the dose, because she is so tiny (just under 4 grams). I'm going to take Mordecai in as well, since they live together.

I feel so stupid... why the hell didn't I check a fecal earlier... I truly hope this is the main problem and we can get her back on track.

Check fecals, guys. I know we will always have parasites to deal with, but we should have a good deworming protocol in place to prevent overloads like this. I just hope I didn't wait too long.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

oopsssssss

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

hope it goes well lori!! thats another reason why i like to feed frozen stuf