Hi can anyone help my 3 year old corn snake has died I woke up this morning and she laying upside down with mouth open. The last two months she been funny eating but last ate 3 wks ago just after a shed x I cleaned her out 2 days ago and my boy had a nice little cuddle when I put her back I noticed she was laying next to her water bowl she normals sleep next to heat mat other end of viv x last night she kept opening her mouth but I thought she was stretching as she dose but this morning she dead and she bloated to but not sure if this is due to bring dead can anyone help as I need to explain to my ten year old boy his snake is dead and need to tell him why x
Oh Louise, I'm so sorry for your loss. It's very hard for us to work out why your snake died. How long have you had her? The fact that she's been funny about her eating may indicate that there was an issue. Did she lose weight over this time? Obviously you don't know what time she died but I'm wondering if the bloating is an indication of food that wasn't digested properly and that rotted inside her. Did she poo after her last feed? What was she being fed on and how often?
I know you say that she would normally lies next to the heatmat. Was it controlled by a thermostat and monitored by a digital thermometer? What was the temperature in the warm end? Did she ever use the hide on the heatmat?
As Donnie has said, you'll only get definite answers by talking to a vet and maybe getting a postmortem done. Unfortunately there are times when a snake's death is unexplainable. Nature can be cruel like that .
I know it's going to be very hard on your little lad, as well as you. I hope you've got family and friends to support you and who realise that she wasn't 'just a snake'.
Why my corn snake just die
Posted - 23/08/2014 : 10:00:00
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