Way bigger after eating.

[SMTHook]

That sounds a little better. I'd go to the BP Husbandry forum and follow it to the letter. Download free app Tapatalk for easy picture posting.

[Bogertophis]

It is to cool? The ambient temp is 81 but my temp gun is reading 87 just inside the hide she's in. I'm thinking a little warmer than that all the way in there. I feel like I may be failing now and thought I really had a hang of this

I was addressing your earlier post & you didn't say ambient.

...It's 81 on the hot side and 77 on the cool side....

And yes, she needs roughly 90* hot side to digest...87* is better but make sure that's accurate on the surface where she is.

[Armiyana]

The other advice is great. Do try and follow through on that.

Another factor here...
If you had her a month, she may be getting ready to shed. A lot of ball pythons will wait to poop when that happens.
Hopefully that is the case.

If she doesn't shed this week and she still looks really bloated, I would hold off on feeding her that week. Skipping one meal won't hurt.
If it's over a week with no shed and no poop, I would consider a vet appointment. If she becomes lethargic, that is an emergency and do not wait.

[HeathBish]

I turned the che up a bit. I'm going to be up all night worried now. She is in her hide but has her head peaking out. Is that normal? Everything she's doing now, I'm questioning. My animals may as well be considered one of the kids because I worry for them all the same. Pretty much lol.

[Bogertophis]

I turned the che up a bit. I'm going to be up all night worried now. She is in her hide but has her head peaking out. Is that normal? Everything she's doing now, I'm questioning. My animals may as well be considered one of the kids because I worry for them all the same. Pretty much lol.

The warm hide? Yes, that's quite normal. Get some sleep... My kids all have scales (or fur) too.

[HeathBish]

The warm hide? Yes, that's quite normal. Get some sleep... My kids all have scales (or fur) too.

Yes. In her warm hide. Do you think she will be ok?

[HeathBish]

It's been over two days, now, since I fed her. I usually get her meals from the pet store but drove to Lancaster to check out the local exotic pet shop and got her bulk. I shouldn't have strayed.

[HeathBish]

Ok I downloaded the app so I can upload photos. It's not great but you can kind of see what I'm talking about.

Sent from my XT1635-01 using Tapatalk

[Bogertophis]

Yes. In her warm hide. Do you think she will be ok?

I'm not even seeing her, so it's pretty hard to say. I'd have to guess most of us have, at one time or another (when we were new to keeping snakes), fed prey that
was bigger than we should have, and most of the time, it's O.K.- but those rare occasions when they barf it up are pretty memorable & really drive the lessons
home, lol. For now, try to relax...what's done is done.

IF he barfs it up though, you'll need to withhold all food for at least 3 weeks, to give time for digestive enzymes to be replaced, otherwise he'd be likely to barf up the
next meal, even a small one...and that can cause dehydration+ if there's another regurgitation, so you do NOT want to go there.

I had a large BCI for many years, & usually fed her small to medium rats (pre-killed, of course), even though she was big enough to eat a large rat. Well, when I finally
gave her a large rat, I felt horribly guilty because sure enough, she had trouble digesting it: for 2 days (best I recall) she got bigger instead of smaller, & I felt SO bad,
knowing she was very uncomfortable. Huge relief when her digestion finally got the job done without regurgitating it. Whew!

[Bogertophis]

Ha, you posted a photo while I was typing...but no, I cannot see any real issues in that photo. Too far away, & not seeing whole snake.