Spinner?? I'm worried....

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Ok, so I konw I have a million and a half post about Lilly getting out and my mom finding her last night, but even though my mom found her, now I'm worried. I can't be there to see what is going on, so all of this is what my mom (who knows nothing about snakes execpt what I have told her) has told me over the phone.

Lilly was found after 3 weeks of being out. She's in Arkansas, so the temps. there have been kinda crazy. My mom tried to feed her as soon as she found her and she wouldn't eat. I told her to wait until Saturday to do anything else(handleing and whatnot) with her b/c she was probablly stressed out. I don't know what temps my mom has her at, but I told her to aim for upper 80's lower 90's (the problem with her being at home is she isn't in a proper set up =/ )

So when my mom went to check on Lilly last night she said she didn't move at all, even when my mom touched her. So my mom got her out (I my mom was scared she had died) and was going to give her some water. So she put Lilly on a towel on the bathroom counter and put a small bowl of water next to her. Apperently Lilly flicked her toung at it and in it a bit but didn't drink, but then my mom tells me that she started waving her head back and forth and spinning it around "like she was chasing a ball". I wasn't real clear on if Lilly herslef was going in circles, or if she was just spinning her head, but either was it's not normal.

She's not a spinder and I don't think she is a "spinner" but that is the first thing I thought of when my mom described it to me. Is it maybe that she has an RI and is reacting funny? Or is it something they do when they get dehydrated? (I have told my mom that she may need to soak her for a bit since the house isn't that humid) From what she said, Lilly just quit doing it after a min. or so and started crawling around, so my mom put her back in her hade and she just went in and curled up like normal.

Sorry about the length of the post, I just didn't want to miss anything. Has anyone ever delt with a snake doing that before, or konw what I need to do to help Lilly? Thanks!

:edit: Ah! I forgot to say I think I'm going to tell my mom to take her to the vet reguardless. I'm just wanting to know if anyone else has delt with this or knows what or why she's doing it. Thanks again! :edit: