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I have just rehomed 9ft female Burmese Python. Her ...

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I have just rehomed 9ft female Burmese Python. Her neck about 18" from her head is crooked. She has been kept very cold but now kept at the correct temps, seems to try to straighten her neck by pushing it against the sides of the enclosure, resulting in a large sore on the side of the crooked area. It doesn't seem to be broken as i have felt the vertibrae but may be muscular or due to being insuficiantly exercised in cold conditions. Please help.

 

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November 12 9:50 PM (4 hours and 55 minutes and 41 seconds later)
         
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Hi,

If you'll tell me what state you live in, I'll see if I can find someone who can help your snake.

Anna
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November 13 5:10 AM (7 hours and 20 minutes and 40 seconds later)
         
Reply to Anna's Post: I live In the UK. The vets around me are inexperienced with reptiles. I'm a Zoology student so have access to the relevant information, but first need a prognosis from someone who may have encountered this problem before. I have only had this snake for one day and since warming her up slowly to the correct temperature she has been showing signs of distress by contorting her body and constantly, pushing the affected are against the enclosure. This morning she has settled down and is curled up, in her basking area. The discomfort may have come from being so cold for such a long time (est 3 months) and finally being warmed back up.
I'm hoping the crooked neck has come from her being motionless in that position in cold conditions for such a long tome and may correct itself with the right conditions. I have not tried feeding her yet as i'm giving her a week to settle in but she does not seem under weight or dehydrated. She shows no signs of respiratory infections or parasitic infestations but i'm awaiting a stool sample so i can be sure.
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