My 10 month old ball python fell off of my shoulder and she seems fine but I'm worrying incessantly anyways. I felt along her body and everything feels normal; no protrusions of swelling. And there's no visible issues, but she fell a distance of about 5ft and it really scared me. She's about 1.5ft long and weighs around 115g.

So I'm just wondering how dangerous falls are for ball pythons, especially smaller ones. Is it common for them to be seriously injured by falling from someone's shoulders? Does the flexibility of their spine help protect them from injury or does it make it easier for breaks to occur?