Help! Wobbly Snake

[Aiion]

My Ball Python, Soku, got away from me. I found him 6 days later in our very cold basement. I had placed a space heater near a centrally located wall and put blankets in a half circle around it. When I found him under one of the blankets, yesterday, he was not in good shape. He was VERY cold since his belly was on the cold basement floor. I slowly warmed him up, gave him some water which he drank very thirstily, and started to notice something strange...

He kept wanting to put his head upside down. At first I thought it was the stress of warming up but it continued on to the night. I also noticed a strange circular behavior as he wrapped himself around my arm. His head wobbles back and forth from time to time. When I went to feed him, things got really interesting. The first mouse he was able to strike. He had no problem getting it down. The second mouse was an issue. He wobbled all over and couldn't aim his strikes. Eventually after looking online, I found that his symptoms EXACTLY match a spider wobble. I watched a video where the pet owner actually had to help their snake eat. I took my Soku by the neck and placed the mouse by his mouth, he opened his mouth and I placed the head in it. He got the mouse down with no problem.

The weird thing is, just like in spider wobble, it is not too bad unless he is focusing, the harder the focus, the more the wobble. He was fine before he disappeared?

I don't have money to take him to the vet this week. It is the slowest time of year at work and we usually are fine financially but it has been a rough few months. He ate which is awesome and he seems fine besides the wobble symptoms. Every time I try to look up his symptoms I get the spider wobble... I found a small snippet about temps over 100 for over 3 hours causing problems like his. I can't find anymore info on that either. It is possible he found a heat source in the basement that was too warm for him.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

[Vypyrz]

Do you have a heating unit or furnace in your basement? And do you store any pesticides/chemicals in the area? Is your BP a normal or a morph?

[Kaorte]

he could have some neurological issues from being too hot or too cold.

Did you happen to bring any new snakes (boas?) into the house recently?

I would just keep an eye on him for a few days and take him to the vet as soon as you can.

[Aiion]

He is the only snake. There is a furnace but no real access that I could find. There was access to a water heater. We looked in there several times. Also a dryer. When we found him he had a strange black lint around his mouth in in his teeth. I got that cleaned out. I think he might have been drinking water out of the basement drain, which is close to the dryer and contains lint. I don't know if there are any chemicals in that drain but there shouldn't be. No other chemicals to speak of.

He is a morph but not a spider morph. I think the spider wobble is onset from birth but I couldn't find that info either. His symptoms are absolutely identical though. I read a lot on it yesterday.

[Freakie_frog]

Any rat poison or bait around any where in the basement. Snake finds dead rat or mouse full of poison, eats rat in turn eats poison..

[Aiion]

The basement was sprayed for bugs but there has not been rat poison anywhere since I moved in...about a year ago. The basement has not been sprayed in that time either. His color is really good and he is getting stronger..he ate... I'm lost....

[Freakie_frog]

could have jsut gotten to cold.. Keep and eye on him

[Aiion]

I will keep a very close eye on him. He was without question too cold for 6 days. He has been warm for about 27 hours now.

[2kdime]

Im doubting IBD

But rather too cold or he got into something chemical wise.

Keep an eye on him, though I know you are

[mechnut450]

possible chemical since the drain holds water I bet year round so might be trases of the bug chemicals in there. I watch hime and take him to the vet asap . The longer you wait it can get owrst or may just go away it all depends onthe chemical and the effects it may have on a snake.