Ball Python Death

[david41990]

Welll I am new to this website so hi. well to start off I had just bought a baby ball python not that old i only had it for about a month and recently i had fed it after the first week i had it..it ate and everything apparently it did not digest its food right, because there was a big balloon swelling up at near its anus. I could not find why its temp. and humidity were perfect. The mouse was a pinky. It had a water bowl. A nice place to go into and feel hugged everything I could think of was perfect I had newspaper on the tank. Nothing could be stressing it..and I even put it in warm water at least three times a day and nothing. So apparently today I woke up and it was dead. Iam kinda sad seeing that I was in love in the little guy seeing it was my first snake. I guess i will now try to buy a new one maybe a little older tho. So if anyone has any they would like to donate lol or sell to me Ill take any offers That snake was like the best pet I ever had

[PythonWallace]

That sucks. I wonder what was wrong with him. Where are you located?

[littleindiangirl]

Gas building up, the first thing I would think of is internal parasites. If you bought this from a private breeder, or pet store, they may be a little less than honest about the animals beginnings. Sounds like a wild caught animal. Can you give better descriptions of your temps and where you got the animal from?

[wolfy-hound]

Babys sometimes get blockages and such. Might have had everything perfect and still baby ball pythons can die.

[david41990]

Well I stay in Los Angeles I had it in a about 80F temp and the humidity I didnt really measure but I imagine a water bowl in there would do the trick it had a basking area of about 92F i had a hide for it. I did buy it from a pet store didnt seem like they really cared about them they were all just kinda bunched up in there I really looked at it and it was healthy at night I couldnt go to sleep cause it was moving around so that was a good sign at least for the snake lol but it would regularly drink water when I fed it its first mouse it didnt hesitate to eat this was all after I fed it. Idk what it could of been parasites i guess? I did get it for 20 bucks tho it was about almost a foot long this sucks tho lol i dont even have money for another one now

[wolfy-hound]

If you don't have the $20 for a new snake, how would you feed one? What's the heat source other than the lamp? How often did you feed it?
A python moving around a lot is not a good sign, although they are more active at night. Have you seen the stickys here with the info on the temp/humidity/set-ups?
I hope you can eventually get another python. But if you are a beginner keeper, you might want to stay away from "cheap" babys. Those are normally imported hatchlings that haven't yet fed. So you start out with a stressed baby that may or may not have been exposed to parasites.
Are there any local reptile shows you can attend? That's a great way to meet other reptile folks.