Ball Python Stargazing

I had to move the cage of my first ball into my room for a couple days while my apartment treated for pests and since i spent some more time around him i noticed that he occasionally was stargazing. He does a periscope a lot but his head is usually at the horizontal when he does that and this was looking straight up at the enclosure top. He only did a couple times while in my room and each of the times it was less than 30 seconds i think. I never really noticed this before but i could have just been missing it and since he was in my room by my bed i may have noticed it a little more than usual. He has not lost strength and seems to be able to move and grip very well, he feeds great (I just started him on f/t rats 3 feedings ago and he takes them fine. He used to be exclusively live), he drinks fine, he defecates average amount it seems, and his humidity is usually about 60% but has been up due to a ton of storms recently, and his temps are 88 on warm side and 78-80 on the cool side, he is a male at about 1200g and 3-4 years old. Should I be worried about IBD? should i quarantine him? or do you think he was just being weird? He behaves normally and is super friendly and explorative other than this seldom stargazing.

What type of morph is it?

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Originally Posted by Alexio

What type of morph is it?

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Butter ghost with unknown parents

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People need to stop reading symptoms online and jump the gun and think IBD, IBD is RARE.

Your snake looks up and that's 99.9% all there is to it, since there is no other apparent issues.

Now if you are really that worry and want to rule out IBD since this is what you fear, take it to a vet, have blood drawn and sent to florida.

As for quarantine it's a little too late if there is something going on you quarantine an animal upon arrival not once it's already been in proximity of others especially in cases of IBD, OPMV etc.

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Originally Posted by Deborah

People need to stop reading symptoms online and jump the gun and think IBD, IBD is RARE.

Your snake looks up and that's 99.9% all there is to it, since there is no other apparent issues.

Now if you are really that worry and want to rule out IBD since this is what you fear, take it to a vet, have blood drawn and sent to florida.

As for quarantine it's a little too late if there is something going on you quarantine an animal upon arrival not once it's already been in proximity of others especially in cases of IBD, OPMV etc.

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He was my first ball and I've had him for nearly a year before getting another ball. The only snake I had before him was a rescued boa and she displays no symptoms of ibd. He still was quarantined though. I wasnt worried about it per say I was asking if I should be worried. Your posts echoes my sentiments, though, and I assumed he was just being strange I just wanted to make sure

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He was my first ball and I've had him for nearly a year before getting another ball. The only snake I had before him was a rescued boa and she displays no symptoms of ibd. He still was quarantined though. I wasnt worried about it per say I was asking if I should be worried. Your posts echoes my sentiments, though, and I assumed he was just being strange I just wanted to make sure

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/also get an idea of what it could be if it was something

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Did you only notice this behavior after your apartment was treated with pesticides? I know some can cause neurological problems in reptiles and birds. If that is a concern you can call the company, they are required by law to give you the MSDS and adverse reaction information on any chemical they used in your home.