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Attached photos are the newly acquired Female SRN I have (got her 4 days ago). The source suggested that she was a laboratory animal for 10 years. Although, she is possible to have eggs, but the roundness and the swelling around the limbs, tail and neck seems to suggest that she is bloated.
Do you think she is bloated in your experience?
She has been fed mainly chicken heart as her staple diet, which I will change that to an earthworm diet instead. Do you think a chicken heart diet for 10 years might lead to a bloated female?
I have isolated her to a plastic tank with daily 100% waterchange and a fan to cool down the water in the basement. I have been feeding her everyday a little bit of earthworm. She seems very hungry and very demanding for food. Which is a good sign, does that suggest that it is possible to cure her from her bloat?
I have noticed that she has not passed out anything after eating yet, is that a concern or does it suggest anything? I have found out that she was not kept in a gravel substrate enclosure in her history, so I guess there is not internal blockage due to swallowing a gravel.
It also doesn't seem to be bacterial infected, since other SRNs (males) which from the same source and also shared the tank, is not bloated and rather healthy except for the cloudy eyes.
Your help and advice and greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ian
Do you think she is bloated in your experience?
She has been fed mainly chicken heart as her staple diet, which I will change that to an earthworm diet instead. Do you think a chicken heart diet for 10 years might lead to a bloated female?
I have isolated her to a plastic tank with daily 100% waterchange and a fan to cool down the water in the basement. I have been feeding her everyday a little bit of earthworm. She seems very hungry and very demanding for food. Which is a good sign, does that suggest that it is possible to cure her from her bloat?
I have noticed that she has not passed out anything after eating yet, is that a concern or does it suggest anything? I have found out that she was not kept in a gravel substrate enclosure in her history, so I guess there is not internal blockage due to swallowing a gravel.
It also doesn't seem to be bacterial infected, since other SRNs (males) which from the same source and also shared the tank, is not bloated and rather healthy except for the cloudy eyes.
Your help and advice and greatly appreciated. Thanks, Ian
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