I had a 6 month old Ball Python that just passed away yesterday and I am very upset and need some piece of mind. I fed him last Thursday and he took the f/t mouse just fine. I then left him for two days to digest. On the Sunday after I fed him I was holding him and noticed that there was a large, hard bump on the 1/4 part of his body near his head. I immediately looked up online what this could be and only found that it could be feces building up and was not a big deal, but to just wait for it to pass. For the next two days he hardly left from under his log which was unusual for him because he would normally be quite active by this time. On Tuesday night i noticed the bump was still there in the exact same spot and I began to worry more. Wednesday he died. On his underbelly where the bump was seemed to be slightly darker than the rest.
I didn't know the problem was as serious as it was or I would have taken him to a vet immediately. I am very upset and just want to find out why this happened.
The only thing that I did differently is the f/t mouse I fed him had been thawed and refrozen but only once and it wasn't at room temp for any longer than an hour.
Please help!