Can you diagnose my BP

i just tried to pick him up again and he went into spasm. also he excreted some gooey sticky white stuff...btw im only guessing he is a male...I have always thought he was.

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Originally Posted by loonunit

Wow. At first I thought IBD for sure, but he's holding his head completely level. And he really looks like he's trying to get OUT.

If you can rule out mites, and you can't afford a vet, can you give him a different caging situation? Buy him an all-new, larger tank, use a completely different sort of bedding, give him a bunch of new hides? Because if it's not medical, and your husbandry is fine, that pretty much just leaves environmental.

(Or a girl. I suppose he could really, really want a female--he looks like my horny males when they wrestle. Except they usually wrestle with ANOTHER SNAKE, not by themselves.)

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funny you say that....after he last spasmed he excreted some gooey yellow stuff. btw i don't know if he is male or female- i could never tell

I watched a bit of the video, and that really IS weird! :O It almost looks like how my Spotted was acting (when the mites showed up), but much more severe... you should check the sticky "vet recommendations" thread for a nearby vet, as I really do think he needs to see one asap. I'm sure they have one in/near Orange County, and an initial diagnosis shouldn't cost too much - certainly not $500.

Here's that thread, and I do see a Dr. Greek listed in OC...
http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...=671712#671712

Your temps only 80?

72 - 80 degrees is too cold for a ball python.

They need a warm spot of 88 - 90 degrees.

Hi,

How are you measuring those temps?

I ask because I have heard of overheating causing neurological issues - but I have to say that looks more like seizures or muscle spasms as mentioned earlier in the thread.

It really does need a vet.

I would make a list of any possible chemicals it might have had contact with. Has anything been sprayed around the area lately for example?


dr del

Seizures came to my mind as well. And over heat. It looks like he doesn't want to touch the floor of the cage. Is your temp gauge digital or just the round dial. Where is it taking the temps from? Like top of the cage, middle, or floor of the cage?
He seems really stressed by this. The husbandry that he's been living with its a little off. But from what I read in your answers it's nothing that can't be quickly fixed, as well as it's nothing that would do that all
Of the sudden excluding an overheat.

temps are taken from the top of the cage and as I said I know they are not and have never been a problem before. He has lived with that analog gauge reader for 11-12 years no problem. The bottom of the cage is perfect (temp wise). As I said he doesn't act like that unless I try to touch him.

Just an idea. I noticed that the sides of your tank are not blacked out at all. Is it possible he is catching a reflection of himself and trying to fight with it? Someone had noted that it looks similar to when their males are wrestling. Just an idea.
edit: i did notice the sides are blacked but the rear is not.