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Wends


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any help would be great with this...
my old boy is 19 now, and has never done anything like this before.
today he was biting himself, i think tring to eat his tail, and was biting near his bottom, latched on and wouldnt let go, i eventually got him to let go at the advice of dunking him in water to get him to release...
why do they do this?? is he possibly going senile and not knowing he's doing it??
i fed him straight after, he had 2 adult size mice, and was a bit aggressive with striking them and eating...
am thinking old age, but any other thoughts would be great guys...
really thought he was gonna keel over today, am dreading getting up and seeing him dead from eating himself

-- Edited by Wends on Monday 25th of May 2009 10:54:50 PM

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wish i could help, but i do know a forum that is busy with people who can: it's called reptilicious. you may have found this siteby going on the bites n strikes website so if you go on contact u will see a link to it. hope this helps :)

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I think Snakes do this when they get old and go a bit mad. I have heard of peoples snakes doing this before they die so he maybe coming to the end of his life.

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Wends


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oh..... i'm getting all upset now, i've had him since he was a little worm cry

-- Edited by Wends on Tuesday 26th of May 2009 09:42:12 PM

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Lizardwizard


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it's hard to loose a pet u get very attached 2, but you can't fight nature.How old is he?

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He's 19 now

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i have no idea about the lifespan of a king but i think that's quite old.

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19 it a good life span i read the record is 25 as goes him trying to eat him self i heard this a lot , he might just wonted something to eat my be a trip to the vet might be in order to make sure everything ok.....smile


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my vets have changed hands and said they dont DO snakes!! so kinda stuck...
never tken him to the vets in 19 years!

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