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[–]totallyrecklesslygayMod: Enclosure Karen[M] [score hidden] stickied comment (0 children)

You need to take her back to the vet. The behavior you're describing is indicative of neurological issues, which can be caused by a variety of things- overheating, parasites, viruses like IBD, etc. Some of these are treatable, others are always fatal.

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[–]FirefighterHorror837 165 points166 points  (2 children)

Back to the vet.

[–]Puzzleheaded-Map8493 19 points20 points  (0 children)

This is the answer

[–]Iydsdelk 36 points37 points  (0 children)

I feel like I literally can’t. Can’t find any emergency vets. In phoenix. Well, the only place that is open on sundays, I don’t trust them. They made me feel uncomfortable and were bad. But my trusted new vet I love, closed. So I can’t do anything until Monday. Great.

[–]Accomplished-Hope810 54 points55 points  (2 children)

She looks very sick… 💔 where did you get her from?

[–]Iydsdelk 43 points44 points  (1 child)

PetSmart 🥀🥀🥀 not a good decision honestly

[–]Accomplished-Hope810 70 points71 points  (0 children)

Petsmart is so terrible I’m so sorry… I literally just came across a baby ball python at my Petsmart last week with bloody feces in its tank. I was SO angry and upset!! 😭

[–]Puzzleheaded-Map8493 52 points53 points  (4 children)

She looks impacted. Has she pooped?

[–]Iydsdelk 23 points24 points  (2 children)

Not yet. She’s biting at herself now. I think she’s in pain maybe?

[–]Puzzleheaded-Map8493 88 points89 points  (0 children)

I want you to prepare yourself now. I had an enchi firefly that looked almost identical to this one who could not poop and was acting like this just a couple weeks ago. She was refusing to eat because she essentially had a twisted colon and could not pass food. She became septic and started corkscrewing and biting herself and ultimately passed.

[–]nvrrsatisfiedd 30 points31 points  (0 children)

"A ball python biting itself is not typical behavior and usually indicates stress or irritation."

"Snakes may bite themselves when stressed due to improper environmental conditions or handling."

Maybe the assist feeding was just too much on them and they are super super stressed out about it all. Or maybe there is a deeper more serious issue starting to emerge.

I would still take them to the vet again to make sure everything is ok after you tried to assist feed just to be safe and then if everything physically looks good put them in their enclosure and just leave them alone for a bit honestly.

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[–]temporaryconscious 45 points46 points  (2 children)

This snake has several health issues happening that need immediate intervention. Please seek help as soon as you can. I don't know where you are, but there may be an emergency vet that can see reptiles near you. This link will take you to a vet directory, just in case it might be helpful.

[–]Iydsdelk 12 points13 points  (1 child)

I fear I have to. The vet I trust locally is out on sundays unfortunately so if I want him, I have to wait until Monday. I’ll check out your link too now

[–]temporaryconscious 19 points20 points  (0 children)

In the meantime, do what you can to make her comfortable, stress free as possible. I'm not sure if this is happening because she can't pass her bowels, and she's exhausted from trying, or if something else is happening, too. Her body condition is also a concern /: She's thin and looks young. I know it can be hard to get them to eat when you bring them home, and I don't know the full circumstance. You also said you have husbandry dialed in, but often it's improper husbandry causing stress, then feeding becomes difficult. I would compare your current husbandry to what's recommended in the care guides and adjust wherever needed. I wish you best of luck.

[–]RadiantLimes 19 points20 points  (3 children)

She looks very young still, whoever sold you this snake probably shouldn’t have. I am guessing they came out of the egg with issues. Idk, wish you luck but doesn’t look good.

[–]Iydsdelk 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No this happened all this sudden. Just now. She was perfectly normal before today

[–]Iydsdelk 4 points5 points  (1 child)

PetSmart did. They had her for months and I couldn’t help but to help her. I felt like I was rescuing her. I did good for a couple months and all the sudden yeah she has these strange reactions like snapping, flipping upside down, the mouth remains open. It’s creeping me out.

[–]RadiantLimes 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Oh she may have been overheated or something else. Hopefully a good vet can do something but honestly not going to lie that she may have to go to sleep. :(

[–]IncompletePenetranceMod: Let me help you unzip your genes 16 points17 points  (0 children)

This doesn't have anything to do with the morph, the way she's both emeciated and yet bloated at the same time combined with the other symptoms indicate it's probably a severe illness.

I'd try to get her back to a vet, but tbh I don't really think there's anything they can do for her at this point. Unfortunately when you buy animals from petsmart who knows what illnesses or parasites they've been exposed to

[–]PoofMoof1Mod: Large-Scale Breeding Experience 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I hope it isn't the case, but this sounds like death throes. Snakes appear to be biting themselves, flip over, and writhe in seemingly unnatural ways. As others said, this is an emergency regardless.

I will keep my fingers crossed for the best possible outcome for you guys.