Help!

So today when I got home from work. I discovered my new Bumble bee laying on her back!? Ive done some research and lots of people said it sometimes happens to gravid females. But naturally I thought she had passed so I picked her up and nothing was physically wrong with her from what I saw. Ive had her 4 weeks shed and ate all 4 of those weeks sometimes struggles with her sheds but we always fight through it. Can anyone give me a little advice of this has happened to you? Thank you.


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How many times has she shed in four weeks?

Sometimes Ball Pythons that carry the Spider gene likes your Bumble Bee, will do strange things and move in awkward ways. It's referred to as wobble, or being dingy. It's part of their charm.

Hmmm... Have you heard of stargazing?
Try Googling it or searching on this forum. It's a neurological condition, I believe. Sorry that I don't have more info on it.

Best of luck!

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Have you heard of stargazing?

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Guess I don't see what star gazing has to do with a BP laying on it's back. What's the connection I'm missing?

Shes shed after every meal she has had.


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Shes shed after every meal she has had.

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It sounds like you're saying your snake sheds every week. How long have you had her, and how often do you feed her? Im not trying to be a pain, I'm asking questions to try and eliminate any communication miscues.

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Guess I don't see what star gazing has to do with a BP laying on it's back. What's the connection I'm missing?

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It was just an idea. I know that corns (although different species) do some strange things when they are stargazers. They can't keep themselves upright sometimes - and end up on their backs, I believe, from what I have read from some who have corns that are stargazers - especially if it is serious.
But like I said, I don't know much about it otherwise. Just trying to help :oops:

Ive had her 4 weeks. Shes eats every monday. She will usually start her shed around friday early saturday and be done by feeding time again monday.


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Ive had her 4 weeks. Shes eats every monday. She will usually start her shed around friday early saturday and be done by feeding time again monday.


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Wow....I've never seen a BP shed every week after eating! Has anyone else ever have this happen? OP what are you feeding her, Miracle Grow? LOL I'm just giving you a hard time, but really I've never seen a BP shed every week...Well 4 times in one month.

Haha i feed her fuzzies, i got her on a friday from petco and she was in shed then. Was done and ready to eat that monday. I will probably have a 15ft bp!


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That doesn't sound right to me...
"Normally" they shed about every month or so as young ones, and the shed cycle from blue phase to a physical shed is about a week (again, give or take).
I would be checking for mites or other health concerns if your snake is shedding every week.

You got a Bumble Bee at PETCO? Must be some PETCO where you live...

Are we talking about a full Tip To Tail shed every week, or are pieces here and there coming off? This is one instance where a picture might really be worth a thousand words.

You'd be really suprised at some of the stuff petco gets these days. I was in our local one a month ago and they had a pewter, several pastels, a bee, spiders and pins

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We have some good looking morphs come through our petco!! Bees, pinstripes, pastels, super pastels, spiders. And she has had 1 full tip to tail shed, and others came off in about 4 or 5 pieces. Ive been monitoring her ever since the incident happened. Nothing out of the ordinary yet.


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She decided to eat again today.


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A Ball Python that completes a full shed every week is quite unique, I would say...