Ooohh...that looks strange =(

[DEKAN]

Well...today it's the minor surgery, with only local anesthethic cause she's gravid, I have to call the vet at noon, to see what was it for sure.

As I was talking to him, he said that could be other reasons for the little bumps on her side, but in this case (cause of her diet) could be a parasite worm as the other vet already told me.

Also he said me that he don't recommend a diet on frozen fish , cause the skin of the snake could break on some vitamins definciency. And I was like "...no way" but then his asssistant brought some pictures, Ewwwww... So he says that the best way to keep a healthy snake is to feed her with pinkies and sometimes the frozen fish, but an only pinkie diet is the best. So, just keep in mind this comment

On saturday I'll pick up my snake and then I'll have more information, I hope he keeps the worm or whatever he found, I have my camera ready

And...I'm going to register my snake into my gouverments laws, It's a little wierd the terms on the "contract" but I can asure that the babies are gonna be legally mine...

[Kurly1]

Wow, you and your poor liitle snake have been through so much . I am glad that you have a good vet taking care of her now and hope everything goes well. I am happy that we have started our snakes on pinkies now. I still have a few frozen minnows in my freezer that we were thinking about giving him every now and then but after hearing about the problems your snake has from eating fish I am wondering if I should just throw them away!

Please continue to let us know how she is doing.

[Snaky]

I don't think the problems comes from giving frozen fish. A lot of garters have been raised on it ( sometimes even solely on it ) and if the fish you give are raised healthy, it should not give any problems.

Although I also try to give some variety with pinkies, fish, worms, chicken, ...

[Thamnophis]

I also do not agree with the vet about the frozen fish.
I have given this for many years and never had a problem.
But I give always some vitamin/mineral/calciumpowder on the food.

If a good fish is frozen in the right way (fast and very cold) than it is as healthy as a live one.
Parasites sometimes die when the fish is frozen, but not always.

[DEKAN]

Well...it was just a comment, if frozen fish has worked for you, use it, The problem in Mexico is that not many of these fish are kept in good conditions, the're too cheap.

My snake is good, the surgery was excellent, you won't even notice the stitches .

And I took a picture of the worm, my vet wasn't there so his assistance didn't knew about the kind of worm, but he's going to send me all the information on a e-mail.

Here is the picture.

[adamanteus]

Yuk!! Good that you got a photo of "the beast"! Hope the snake recovers quickly.

[Stefan-A]

Mmmm.. roundworm.



Right?

[adamanteus]

Looks it, Stefan, but I wouldn't want to be the one to speculate.....What do I know about Mexican parasitic worms?

[enigma200316]

I would bet you know a little more about mexican worms than you let on....... well thats if you have that stuff over there anyway..(hint,hint)

[adamanteus]

Justin, If I had anything Mexican in my collection I would just have to brag about it! I'm afraid that (so far) all my Garters are North American.