My Ball Python, Soku, got away from me. I found him 6 days later in our very cold basement. I had placed a space heater near a centrally located wall and put blankets in a half circle around it. When I found him under one of the blankets, yesterday, he was not in good shape. He was VERY cold since his belly was on the cold basement floor. I slowly warmed him up, gave him some water which he drank very thirstily, and started to notice something strange...

He kept wanting to put his head upside down. At first I thought it was the stress of warming up but it continued on to the night. I also noticed a strange circular behavior as he wrapped himself around my arm. His head wobbles back and forth from time to time. When I went to feed him, things got really interesting. The first mouse he was able to strike. He had no problem getting it down. The second mouse was an issue. He wobbled all over and couldn't aim his strikes. Eventually after looking online, I found that his symptoms EXACTLY match a spider wobble. I watched a video where the pet owner actually had to help their snake eat. I took my Soku by the neck and placed the mouse by his mouth, he opened his mouth and I placed the head in it. He got the mouse down with no problem.

The weird thing is, just like in spider wobble, it is not too bad unless he is focusing, the harder the focus, the more the wobble. He was fine before he disappeared?

I don't have money to take him to the vet this week. It is the slowest time of year at work and we usually are fine financially but it has been a rough few months. He ate which is awesome and he seems fine besides the wobble symptoms. Every time I try to look up his symptoms I get the spider wobble... I found a small snippet about temps over 100 for over 3 hours causing problems like his. I can't find anymore info on that either. It is possible he found a heat source in the basement that was too warm for him.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.