Hi everyone,
I took my boa to the Vet yesterday because of a very small lump with a scab that was on her back. She has had this since I got her back approximately one month ago. This was a cb snake that I had purchased as a hatchling kept for a little over a year and sold to a friend of a friend when I moved up north around two years ago. When the guy who bought the snakes heard I was back down in Florida he asked if I wanted them back claiming he didn't have time for them...an understatement the pair was in terrible shape when I got them back.
The Vet removed the scab and did a smear yesterday, he said that he did not like the look of the cells and he recommended that I have him send the slide to the Vets at Busch Gardens which I did. He also said that while I could have him just remove the lump by having it sent to Busch Gardens I would have a better idea of what I'm dealing with. He told me that he can lift the skin and feel under the lump so he thinks that the problem may be localized to just the upper skin area.
Does anyone have experience with tumors in snakes? Are reoccurance rates high or is there a chance that once removed the snake can go on to live a relatively healthy life. These are the questions I hope to have answered by authorizing the sample be sent off to Busch Gardens but I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that has dealt with a situation similiar to this before. Of course I'm over come with guilt over having sold these guys to the person I did, this in addition to some pretty hefty Vet bills that I'm expecting so please don't bash me any further. I'm attempting to right my wrong.
Thanks,
Meryl
I took my boa to the Vet yesterday because of a very small lump with a scab that was on her back. She has had this since I got her back approximately one month ago. This was a cb snake that I had purchased as a hatchling kept for a little over a year and sold to a friend of a friend when I moved up north around two years ago. When the guy who bought the snakes heard I was back down in Florida he asked if I wanted them back claiming he didn't have time for them...an understatement the pair was in terrible shape when I got them back.
The Vet removed the scab and did a smear yesterday, he said that he did not like the look of the cells and he recommended that I have him send the slide to the Vets at Busch Gardens which I did. He also said that while I could have him just remove the lump by having it sent to Busch Gardens I would have a better idea of what I'm dealing with. He told me that he can lift the skin and feel under the lump so he thinks that the problem may be localized to just the upper skin area.
Does anyone have experience with tumors in snakes? Are reoccurance rates high or is there a chance that once removed the snake can go on to live a relatively healthy life. These are the questions I hope to have answered by authorizing the sample be sent off to Busch Gardens but I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that has dealt with a situation similiar to this before. Of course I'm over come with guilt over having sold these guys to the person I did, this in addition to some pretty hefty Vet bills that I'm expecting so please don't bash me any further. I'm attempting to right my wrong.
Thanks,
Meryl
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