Ball python possibly dying

Okay last night i found my ball python which had got away and was loose since the 1st of January, I was looking for him last night the i found him in a crack in the cement in my garage next to a spider I picked him and and noticed he had red spots on his belly which was probably from the cold. He started spazzing out, turning over on his back twisting all around not acting normal like he usally would remember he was gone for 2 weeks. i personally think he's dying i put him in his cage gave him water and the temp is around 89-93 he's warmed up. now i know for sure he hasn't ate in over 3 weeks. is there any way that he can survive this

Pictures would help. And I hope you mean his hot spot is 89-93, not the entire cage. The ambient temp should still be around 82F.

I think if a BP can survive a spin cycle one may also be able to survive that. Let him warm back up and see what happens.

I certainly hope you allowed him to warm up slowly before putting him into such a warm enclosure.. That can actually cause more problems if he does survive.

I hope he makes it for you. It's always sad to hear about escapes and bad things happening to them.

Ambient shouldn't be that high. Plus the radical change in temperature might hurt him as well. Don't futz with him, but pictures definitely would help.

Do you know how he got outside? How cold does it get where you live? My yearling lesser was gone for about two weeks in October of last year and I found him by the entryway between my kitchen and garage. I let him settle in for a couple of days and monitored his behavior. When I started to thaw out some rats for my other bpz, I noticed he was sniffing around his rack and he pounded 2 rat pups asap. Keep us posted on his condition. BTW, I live in southern Cali so our winters are pretty mild.

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Originally Posted by mandalorian

Do you know how he got outside? How cold does it get where you live? My yearling lesser was gone for about two weeks in October of last year and I found him by the entryway between my kitchen and garage. I let him settle in for a couple of days and monitored his behavior. When I started to thaw out some rats for my other bpz, I noticed he was sniffing around his rack and he pounded 2 rat pups asap. Keep us posted on his condition. BTW, I live in southern Cali so our winters are pretty mild.

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I live in los angeles california. BTW the python was around 3 or 4 months old got him from craigslist from a breeder "Dragon Mecca"

And no thats the basking spot which is around 89-93 I will post pics.

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Originally Posted by SidReptiles

I live in los angeles california. BTW the python was around 3 or 4 months old got him from craigslist from a breeder "Dragon Mecca"

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Ok, so you're in my neck of the woods. The last couple weeks actually has been pretty warm here. Just do as the other bpers have suggested and keep an eye on him.

So I went in the garage this morning to find him DEAD turned over on his back solid as wood :mad: