It has been quite a while since I have had the unhappy need to post here, but tonight, my largest female BCI, Perdidta gave me that need. She had not been doing well for quite some time, but I never could figure out exactly what it was... I chalked it up to old age... it is hard to guess just how old she was, but somewhere between 15-20 years old as close as I can estimate.
I went into the snake room today to find her belly-up.
With the help of my dear friend Gib, I preformed her necropsy, and she had some huge tumor like lesions on her lungs and intestines. She also had a full intestinal blockage that I don't think we would have stood a chance of finding. I am putting the blockage down as cause of death, but the cancerous tumors could not have helped anything.
I will leave you with a pic of Perdita, the Queen of my Snakes.
