Quote Originally Posted by muddoc View Post
His color doesn't actually change. It is an optical illusion. What is occuring is that the animal is full of gas. It has expanded and stretched the back half of the snake out. The scales are stretched so far apart that you are seeing the skin between each scale (the skin is white). This gives the look of a snake that appears to be going into shed. My bet would be that if you feel just anterior of the vent, you will feel some sort of "blockage". Possibly a large urate ball that cannot be passed, or may pass very soon. I just recently had a hatchling like this, and manually palpated out the urate (in some cases it could be some other form of impaction), and was able to gently palpate out the gas by "stripping" my finger from the head towards the tail and pushing the gas out that was present behind the blockage. Sometimes there is liquid urine behind the blocake. After this is done, your snake will look "deflated", but should go back to normal.

note: If you do not feel comfortable doing this yourself, trying to find an experienced herper or vet in your area to help you.

I hope that helps,
Thank you SO much for that reply. Tonight I will soak him in warm water to hopefully relax and soften anything that may be in there, and give it a try. I'll let you know how it goes