Dropped my baby BP

Hello, I'm not usually one for forums online but I'm really worried about my snake. I've had her about 2 months -- got her as a baby from the pet store. She has always been very active and curious, but two days ago she crawled off my shoulder when I was crouching down to pick something up and she fell upside down maybe 4 feet. I immediately put her back into her terrarium and she crawled into a hide and didn't come out all of yesterday. Today I checked on her by shining a light into her hide and she was coiled in a rather strange way. I checked on her again this evening and she appeared not to have moved. Alarmed, I took her out gently and immediately noticed she barely responded to being touched and picked up. I moved her to the warm side to see if she was just cold and too scared to leave the cold side hide, but it didn't seem to help. She's laying inside my sweater right now and I'm laying down -- she's started moving a little bit but I'm extremely concerned. I am a broke college student so I'd like to avoid the vet unless you guys think its really necessary. I'd be heartbroken if she dies - please help!

She's probably just freaked out. Think about it in the wild I bet baby snakes fall from way higher than that due to climbing and what not. I wouldn't hold her for a few days and just let her settle back down.

I put her back -- I did notice she has some sort of dried dark something on her cloaca, could this be blood? Or does their excrement sometimes stick to them?

My adult has actually passed "logs" that we're so big it tore her cloaca a little bit. Scared me to death, but it happens sometimes. Could be excrement though. Just keep an eye in her but let her be for a few days.

Okay, thanks. I'll try to relax about her.

I've dropped my 6 month old ball twice and picked him back up. He was fine. I agree though. They have to be a little use to falling.


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Keep an eye on it and make sure if does t turn into a prolapse. And I would maybe skip a meal or to because if she's injured she might not pass well.

Can I ask what she fell on? Carpet versus concrete could be a total difference, especially from 4 ft. I mean it could be something but then again it could be nothing. While I've never had a BP fall more then a foot or two from coming out of a rack but it's on carpet and never upside down. I'd keep an eye on her and if she if she doesn't start acting more active then I'd probably start worrying.

Again I can't offer any insight on this but I hope everything is okay. Maybe Skiploader or wilomn can chime in as they've been in the hobby long enough to maybe have something like this happen before or know somebody this has happened to.

Also, can you take a picture of maybe where you think it's dried blood so we have some sort of a visual?

I'm not going to lie....I've dropped a few babies in my day (I don't hold human babies for this reason). What I'm concerned about is that your baby is acting abnormal. Keep an eye on her for sure. To be completely honest, if there is internal damage I don't think a vet could do anything about it, and if they could your next challenge would be finding a capable vet.

I'm also curious about seeing a picture. Do you think it's blood or are you keeping her on a substrate like mulch/bark?

You had a baby Ball Python on your shoulder? D: They aren't even big enough to wrap on to you for security... :/ I hope she's okay, Snakes can be traumatized from being dropped. Just leaver her alone for about a week, and then start to check on her again

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Originally Posted by B.O.S Reptiles

You had a baby Ball Python on your shoulder? D: They aren't even big enough to wrap on to you for security... :/ I hope she's okay, Snakes can be traumatized from being dropped. Just leaver her alone for about a week, and then start to check on her again

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You're going to scare the guy! lol

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Originally Posted by B.O.S Reptiles

You had a baby Ball Python on your shoulder? D: They aren't even big enough to wrap on to you for security... :/ I hope she's okay, Snakes can be traumatized from being dropped. Just leaver her alone for about a week, and then start to check on her again

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Absolutely nothing useful in that post. Nothing like twisting the knife when someone already feels bad for the incident. As far as the blood goes a pic will help a lot. Just continue to check on it for the next couple of days and avoid handling it for some time. Hopefully all goes well for you.

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Originally Posted by Tribal

Absolutely nothing useful in that post. Nothing like twisting the knife when someone already feels bad for the incident. far as the blood goes a pic will help a lot. Just continue to check on it for the next couple of days and avoid handling it for some time. Hopefully all goes well for you.

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How's there nothing useful in that post? It's as useful as yours, so... Baby snakes CAN be traumatized from such events. The OP should know that. As well as it could've caused physical damage (probably should say that, though, right?) Mistakes happen and I wasn't blaming anyone. I was just saying that putting any sized snakes on your shoulders/neck generally isn't a great idea for several reasons.

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Originally Posted by cory9oh4

You're going to scare the guy! lol

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Oh well. He needs to give her some space. I don't blame him for making that mistake, I'm sure a million snake owners have done it, as will a million more, but I know that snakes can be traumatized after being dropped + the owner constantly going into their cage to check on them. That's why I suggest a week of alone time (still do maintenance, like changing water, feeding, etc).

I think that all they were saying is that you could of worded your post differently so that if the OP read it they don't feel worse than what they already do for the whole situation.

If I remember correctly you've been in a kind of similar situation not with dropping a BP but having some people turn against you. Just try to be mindful with the way you word things is all that people are saying.

Thanks, Neal. If that was worded odd/rudely, I'm sorry. It wasn't meant to be

I'd love to hear updates on this, how's the babe doing? and the owner, for that matter? :weirdface