Runt is finally starting to worry me... His (I think it's a he even tho it was sold as female) behavoir and feeding tendencies are troubling. He was a perfect eater until a month ago, then he stopped eating: Typical ball python behavoir anyway. I think either my ball python is for lack of a better term, retarded. Or has IBD.

First with the symptoms. He has always been extremely flinchy. Extremely, touch his head and wham! He jolts away. When he is hiding under the astroturf if you lift it up he flails his body up and does this mad flopping type deal. If you try and remove him from his cereal box hide he freaks out and contorts his body so he gets stuck in. During handling he twists his body into all there weird positions that bp's typically never do. He's also a lot skinnier then most bp's are. Width is fine. But he has a slender neck and head, always has since I got him. Dunno why though. And he was my best eater. Now with Goldy eating like a pig again, as is Monty, he's my worst.

He's also fasting, and it's bugging the crap outta me. I do not know much about IBD besides the common facts almost everyone knows. I was hoping that Rusty or anyone else can help ease my worries.

Here is a quote that got me wondering:

pythons also tend toward infectious stomatitis ("mouth rot"), heightened or exaggerated reflex responses, disorientation (which may be precipitated by the onset of central blindness) and loss of motor coordination.
No new herps have been in contact with him. I wash my hands after all handlings with my other herps. And he's been acting especially weird for probly 3 months now. I'm probly freaking out, but he is definitely a weirdo.