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| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 05/05/2011 : 03:54:57
I've had my california King snake for about a month and a half, and she's active, eats and deficates fine. However, she has two obvious lumps, one larger and one smaller, on her sides. There is also some scale damage around the larger one, and where the smaller one is her underside scales are warped funny.
As I said, she's eating, deficating, and acting just fine, so it's not worrying me that much, my primary concern is, she went into shed a few days ago and her eyes just cleared up so I know she's very close to sheading, I'm just worried how these lumps might affect the process. She is an adult snake, but I don't know how long these lumps have been present. I also do wonder about what other negative affects they could have on her.
Here are photos of the lumps...
Lump 1 (Larger of the two):
Lump 2 (you can hardly tell it's there other than the warping of the scales, but you can feel it):
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| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 31/05/2011 : 03:19:59
She is, and thank you! :) Hopefully it won't be to long before it's gone completely. That'd make me happy! |
| monty |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 20:03:39
oh thats is good news, looks like she is recovering well, best of luck to you's |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 14:43:36
All I did was change her bedding to dry paper towels and take out her original water dish (which was large enough for her to soak in) and replaced it with a smaller one she couldn't fit in. |
| lee2308 |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 10:09:49
WOW what a difference,that is a great result.How did you treat it,i have never heard of water blisters and would of put my money on it being a tumor. |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 29/05/2011 : 02:48:13
Just thought I'd update this and let you all know that after two weeks of treating it as a water blister, the lump has gone down significantly!
Heres the very first shot lined up with a shot I just took a few minutes ago:
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| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 25/05/2011 : 02:06:15
When she was at the vet, the Dr agreed that it's peobably a water blister, she tried to tap it but only got blood though. She said to just keep treating it like a water blister and if it gets any worse she'll perscribe an antibiotic.
As a side note, apparently she was a hit at the vets office too, everyone loved her. My mom said I was lucky I got my snake back. lol |
| Kehhlyr |
Posted - 20/05/2011 : 00:02:03
Any update on this?? |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 15/05/2011 : 04:03:37
Just thought I'd update this, I've been doing plenty of research and narrowed it down to two possibilities, a water blister, or a parasite. I've been treating it as a water blister, keeping her enclosure dry only providing water once a day in a small container so she doesn't have the option to soak (which she did ALL-THE-TIME with her original water dish) and it's already started to help.
Regardless, she is being taken in to see a vet on Monday. |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 15:40:34
I honestly feel really bad, because I feel as if I'm coming off as callous, but it's really not like that. My mom advised my from the start to just keep an eye on it (and as I said, she'd a vet tech who specializes in reptiles, in fact I think she likely knows more than the vets that work there because she's the one that does all the research into the stuff, she supplies the vets with their knowledge). I was just on asking if anyone might have an idea what they were and if it might impair he shedding any (it didn't).
If things change, if the lumps worsen, or if her general liveliness changes I'll take her to be seen immediately, for now I don't think it's detrimental enough to require immediate care.
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| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 15:16:24
I honestly don't think she's gravid, the lump is set to far off to the side to be an egg. How long is their gestation period? I mean, I've had her since March 24th so that's well over a month, and the guy I got her from had her for a little over a month as well. I would think the guy that traded/sold her the the guy i bought her from would have mentioned if she'd been paired or not, and I asked about her history when I purchased the snake. He wasn't able to offer me much, but I would think if he'd been told something like that he would have brought it up.
I know I came on here looking for advice, and I appreciate all the advice I was given. I'm not saying I'm not going to seek a medical opinion, I'm just not rushing it right now since all other behavior (eating, defecating, shedding, and otherwise acting normal) points to that it's not affecting her to much.
Right now I'm just going to do as my mom advised and keep an eye on her, though I intend to call the vet and what their opinion on this is. |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 13:26:29
Could she have just had a prelay shed and is shortly going to try and lay eggs?
You posted asking for advice etc and I can honestly say if my snake, in this case, not knowing her history and if she could be gravid or not and had any lumps like that, I would still see a vet. |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 13:22:21
I just realized how exagerated that first lump looks in that picture...it's honestly not as big as it looks, the flash made it seem as if it's bigger.
The only reason I haven't taken her to the vet is because the lumps don't seem to be affecting her -at all-. Other than the lumps she seems perfectly healthy.
My mom is a vet tech who specializes in reptiles, I asked her for advice and she told me to just keep an eye on them if they got larger or worse, whatever. I was mearly on here wondering if this is something anyones seen before.
Also, an update there wasn't anymore bleeding from her cloaca, so I think she probably just tore a little when she shed. |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 07:55:38
Sorry, if that was my snake it would be taken to the vets asap.
Not a good idea to try and guess what it could or couldn't be. |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 04:26:15
However, I do now recall that some bleeding after a shed does happen on occasion, so I think I'll continue to monitor her and see if it continues, I didn't find any blood in her cage, it was just a little speckled in her poop and a few spots around her cloaca. If I see much more I'll take her into the vet tomorrow.
I'm still not sure about the lumps, I'm sure they need to be looked at but I highly doubt it's an egg just from it's location, if I remember correctly egg-bound snakes don't defficate and usually act odd/lethargic, don't eat ect. or that's been my experiance working 3x years at a vet clinic with 2 reptile vets. |
| Kingsnake Mermaid |
Posted - 06/05/2011 : 04:11:46
I don't think it's an egg, it's to far to the side I think....
She just shed today and the lump looks....maybe a fraction smaller, though there are some scales missing around it now as well. However I'm afraid this might have become just a little more urgant because when I removed her from her enclosure she deficated (per usual) though it wasn't as much as normal and it was spotted with blood. :(
I intend to have a vet look at her tomorrow, I can't really afford the vet trip, but I'll do what I have to do. |
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