Just @$#*&%!! great.

anji1971 · 05-01-2008, 08:14 PM

So my snake luck is taking a turn for the worst. I think Deejay is having seizures.
Her body keeps going into these jumpy spasms, and when I pick her up, her whole body is just shuddering. I've never seen anything like this.
It's not like the thiaminase spasms -- she isn't writhing and twisting, but she's lying still, just jumping, like we do when we're startled!
I fed her last night -- salmon and nightcrawlers -- and she was FINE. She ate with her usual fire and gusto. Now this.
What the hell????

Zephyr · 05-01-2008, 08:17 PM

Where do you get your worms/nightcrawlers from?

anji1971 · 05-01-2008, 08:18 PM

My yard, when it rains. No pesticide used here, either.

Zephyr · 05-01-2008, 08:19 PM

Hmm... Any neighbors?

anji1971 · 05-01-2008, 08:20 PM

Not that I know of. Well, I mean, yes I have neighbours, but they don't do anything with pesticides either. One neighbour uses weed'n'feed occasionally, but not near my lawn.

Zephyr · 05-01-2008, 08:21 PM

Hmm... If he's done it recently, and you collect worms during rainstorms, some of it may get washed onto your lawn, depending on where he's located.

anji1971 · 05-01-2008, 08:24 PM

He's next door, but I don't think they've done anything since last year.
I've always fed her worms from my yard, and I fed them to her mom too.
Deejay's always been perfectly healthy. This is just so sudden, I just can't fathom why.

anji1971 · 05-01-2008, 08:26 PM

If it were something I've fed her, could it be undone if I changed the diet? Or would she end up damaged permanently?

Zephyr · 05-01-2008, 08:26 PM

I don't know... You might have bad weather moving in.

Charlet_2007 · 05-01-2008, 08:59 PM

do worms get parasites?

05-01-2008, 08:14 PM	#1 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	*Just @$#&%!! great. So my snake luck is taking a turn for the worst. I think Deejay is having seizures. Her body keeps going into these jumpy spasms, and when I pick her up, her whole body is just shuddering. I've never seen anything like this. It's not like the thiaminase spasms -- she isn't writhing and twisting, but she's lying still, just jumping, like we do when we're startled! I fed her last night -- salmon and nightcrawlers -- and she was FINE. She ate with her usual fire and gusto. Now this. What the hell???? __________________ Anji**

05-01-2008, 08:17 PM	#2 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great.** Where do you get your worms/nightcrawlers from?

05-01-2008, 08:18 PM	#3 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great. My yard, when it rains. No pesticide used here, either. __________________ Anji**

05-01-2008, 08:19 PM	#4 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great.** Hmm... Any neighbors?

05-01-2008, 08:20 PM	#5 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great. Not that I know of. Well, I mean, yes I have neighbours, but they don't do anything with pesticides either. One neighbour uses weed'n'feed occasionally, but not near my lawn. __________________ Anji**

05-01-2008, 08:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great.** Hmm... If he's done it recently, and you collect worms during rainstorms, some of it may get washed onto your lawn, depending on where he's located.

05-01-2008, 08:24 PM	#7 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great. He's next door, but I don't think they've done anything since last year. I've always fed her worms from my yard, and I fed them to her mom too. Deejay's always been perfectly healthy. This is just so sudden, I just can't fathom why. __________________ Anji**

05-01-2008, 08:26 PM	#8 (permalink)
anji1971 Finder of unique Garters Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Windsor, Ontario Posts: 1,703 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great. If it were something I've fed her, could it be undone if I changed the diet? Or would she end up damaged permanently? __________________ Anji**

05-01-2008, 08:26 PM	#9 (permalink)
Zephyr "Preparing For Fourth shed" Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 747 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great.** I don't know... You might have bad weather moving in.

05-01-2008, 08:59 PM	#10 (permalink)
Charlet_2007 Subadult snake Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 292 Country:	*Re: Just @$#&%!! great.** do worms get parasites? __________________ Thanks ~Natalie~ 1.1.3 G. Rosea - Charlet, Itsy, Bitsy, & Spider 1.0.1 Lizards- Bowser & Yoshi 1.2.1 Water Turtles- Spaze, Flow, CS & Aqua 3.2.1 Snakes- Loki, No Feet, Thor, Elli, Seth, Sabrina

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