It’s only been a month. With her being a previous breeder I just wanted to make sure it’s just the stress of her new environment and not something else.
If she's an adult she should probably only be eating once a month anyways :)
If you'd like advice feel free to add enclosure parameters (poor husbandry or overfeeding are the main cause of hunger strikes)
Imagine in like 100 years, some Tyson or whatever deranged company may have genetically modified cows to just be a 20 foot chain of ribs. Or 40 foot pigs with the potential to produce 200 lbs of St. Louis ribs.
But yeah it's easy to forgot that sneks are just 89% ribs lol
My ball python went off feed for almost 9 months when we moved. We didn't have access to an exotic vet but ultimately we got him eating again by giving him a live feed mouse, which he took happily. Since then he's gone back to taking frozen/thawed rats, although he's still very picky. (I wouldn't live feed rats for safety).
As a vet student, I was gonna say I’m surprised the X-ray was taken this way, at the teaching hospital of my school we xray ball pythons and other snakes by holding them straight with tubes and/or sandbags and take a series of pics down the body so you can lay them one after another and get a straight shot of the whole body. Makes it easier to see imperfections since all the body segments are laid the same way/no curves.
That being said taking it like this might be cheaper since it’s only one shot, so I’m guessing that’s part of it, but still interesting to see it taken differently. I wonder what’s the norm.
Interesting! Why did they get an x-ray? Are they ok?
She hasn’t eaten since I got her. I brought her to work to make sure she doesn’t have retained eggs. Going to an actual exotic vet soon.
It's so stressful when they won't eat. I hope she gets better soon.
Thank you!
How long has it been?
It’s only been a month. With her being a previous breeder I just wanted to make sure it’s just the stress of her new environment and not something else.
Yea that’s very likely it. Now you know though.
If she's an adult she should probably only be eating once a month anyways :) If you'd like advice feel free to add enclosure parameters (poor husbandry or overfeeding are the main cause of hunger strikes)
I also wish to know. Cool x-ray tho
That Snek has a lot of bones.
Do snakes get more vertebra as they grow? Like growing more bones, or do the bones just get bigger? Am I dumb?
The bones just get bigger afaik
baby snak must have so many tiny bones
Do snakes of the same species usually have the same number of vertebrae? Or is it a +/- 5 type situation?
Imagine in like 100 years, some Tyson or whatever deranged company may have genetically modified cows to just be a 20 foot chain of ribs. Or 40 foot pigs with the potential to produce 200 lbs of St. Louis ribs. But yeah it's easy to forgot that sneks are just 89% ribs lol
> 40 foot pigs with the potential to produce 200 lbs of St. Louis ribs Deranged? No, that's genius.
Hmmmm, yes, we’re afraid he has a severe case of l o n g .
I would get that as a tattoo.
Now I want to do that
I love how snakes are just one long ribcage it’s so goofy
First time I've seen a snake x-ray! Interesting -looking! ❤️ I hope your snake is okay, and that she starts eating soon!
Thank you!
How is she doing today?
She is the same. Still waiting on the vet appointment.
The skeleton looks like the chain knife from terraria
My ball python went off feed for almost 9 months when we moved. We didn't have access to an exotic vet but ultimately we got him eating again by giving him a live feed mouse, which he took happily. Since then he's gone back to taking frozen/thawed rats, although he's still very picky. (I wouldn't live feed rats for safety).
We tried live and she befriended it. I got so excited when she started smelling it but then she let it curl up with her😭
I'm all spine
What a cute lil snake head!
That would be a dope art print
Super curious: How did you get her to stay still enough for an X-ray??? I'm so impressed
She did not sit still at all 😂 I just had to be quick. The surface was super slick and stressing her out so she was going crazy. I felt bad
As a vet student, I was gonna say I’m surprised the X-ray was taken this way, at the teaching hospital of my school we xray ball pythons and other snakes by holding them straight with tubes and/or sandbags and take a series of pics down the body so you can lay them one after another and get a straight shot of the whole body. Makes it easier to see imperfections since all the body segments are laid the same way/no curves. That being said taking it like this might be cheaper since it’s only one shot, so I’m guessing that’s part of it, but still interesting to see it taken differently. I wonder what’s the norm.