Ball Python Seizure??

[Albert Clark]

Wow, this thread is almost a decade old. But cdpurv video response seems to hit the nail on the head about a similar episode. Thanks for sharing.

[Bogertophis]

Was it like this?

My boy has done this 6 times.

https://www.tiktok.com/@cdpurv/video...69309442115118

Excellent find- thanks for posting that. And yes, I've seen that same behavior before- pretty sure it had to do with something caught in their throat- that would be my interpretation. And it could be something as minor as a bit of substrate or even a long hair* that got swallowed with their prey, & after the prey went down, the hair was still "on its way"- so the snake is trying to maneuver it down, & since they cannot cough, & have no hands to remove it, all they can do is thrash as shown in the video.

*A little side note- since I have long hair- Every now & then one of my dogs will manage to swallow a stray hair of mine, & since it's apparently not digestible, you should see the dance they do around the yard when it comes out the other end, attached to fecal material they're trying to unload! It really freaks them out when "stuff" follows them! I "shouldn't" laugh, but I can't help it.