CASE NUMBER #1

SIGNALMENT:

  • Species: Snake
  • Breed: Yellow Rat Snake
  • Age: 1.5 years
  • Sex: F

HISTORY:

The right eye has been swollen and cloudy for 1 week. The snake does not appear to be eating as well as usual. The diet consists of dead mice and insects and the snake's last meal was 3 weeks ago. An apparently normal ecdysis took place 6 weeks previously.

CLINICAL PHOTO OF THE RIGHT EYE. A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE LEFT EYE IS INCLUDED FOR COMPARISON.


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