Bad feeder fish??

[crzy_kevo]

man wayne that sucks hopefully it is the fish and the problem can be fixed

[Snake lover 3-25]

With that in mind Shanley, they all did live in the same tank

There is only a baby red sided left. And I put him in there when Magma died.

The Radix babies, and snow eastern are seperate, and Masubius is alone.

he had chopped worm last night. no fish.

that stinks........ i really hope what ever it is doesn't happen to that poor little red sided but i agree with shannon.... just try and keep things as clean as possible

[GartersRock]

*speechless* Wow.... I am SOO sorry for your losses Wayne!! I would just be devastated.... Actually. I AM devastated... Wow.... I really hope things get better....

[count dewclaw]

Wow, so sorry again, Wayne. Hope you can figure out what the problem is.

[Zephyr]

There has to be something else in common here. I notice a toad in the first pic. Did all the snakes that perished have a toad or other amphibian at one point?

[infernalis]

Kyle that is an old picture, the toads were all used up many weeks ago.

Further my whole collection and a bunch of snakes that were never talked about all ate from those toads.

A lot of snakes ate those same toadlets.....

And thus far, all excluding Magma, Melanie & inferno are still alive and well.

[Zephyr]

All of which were captive-bred Thamnophis, correct? The deceased, I mean.

[Lori P]

Wayne, I'm so so sorry... I really hope you can get to the bottom of this. Like Shannon, my garters frequently swallow fish backwards with no seeming ill effects. More hugs from here.

[aSnakeLovinBabe]

I doubt the toads have anything to do with it.... garters eat toads in the wild and they don't drop dead... my garters get an occasional toad... nothing wrong with em!

Wayne, you either have an illness of some sort, contaminated feeder fish.... or the worst. luck. ever.



I had a customer not too long ago who lost half of her big cichlid fishes the night after feeding a batch of feeder fish. Half of what are still alive, are not looking like they are going to make it. Contaminated feeders does happen, I have seem it on three separate occasions now since I have worked at my store (not our fish, but people buying from other stores telling me about what happened)

We all know that not all snakes are going to make it, and that some just burn out before adulthood, but... this is just terrible, rotten, awful luck that such a good snake keeper does NOT deserve. They do say that deaths always comes in three's, and it really seems true sometimes... I lost my bullsnake, My baby Bp with the prolapse, and my female grayband back to back, and they were all PRIZE snakes in my collection.

Spoil the new baby milksnakes rotten.

[GartersRock]

I had a week of 3 deaths....
Wayne you don't deserve this. Hopefully it is over....