OK I had a problem Similar to this a few months ago.

This time it happened to a whole tub.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=81559 This is the thread that I am talking about.

About 3 days ago I see a dead hopper in one of my grow out tubs. They had cannibalized it, which to me was not really that big of a deal since it was just one and these little guys can be kinda nuts. I clean the tub up and go on about my business.

Fast forward to yesterday morning. I go and check on my ASF's like I always do first thing in the morning. There are 8 little "husks" in the tub no meat no bones just skin and some blood. There is a small group eating another one and two more uneaten dead ones. So I clean the rest of my tubs first because Sunday is tub cleaning day, and I do not want to cross contaminate any more then I already have.

Now for the similarity, These little guys were stumbling around looking kinda drunk, their eyes were swollen shut, and they were very unresponsive. They were all between 4-8 weeks of age, the first one was older not sure of the age from the size and looks it was around the age of 6-9 months. They were all doing very well before. I originally had 45 hoppers in one tub but I separated them out after a few days because I made more room in another tub. So it was down to about 25 in that tub and 20 in the other tub.

There are ZERO problems in the new tub every one is great. Before you ask these are 100% unrelated to the first line that I got. I do not know where it could be coming from the only thing I can think of is that i have the male from my original breeder group. If maybe he has something but it is showing up in lines unrelated to him. There is no one in the house that does anything with the ASF's except me, so I know all of the husbandry on them.

I don't know if you guys have any ideas but I more curious to see if any one else has ever had the same thing happen to them.

Mike