Quote Originally Posted by Simple Man View Post
When's the last time you actually saw the animal? Could your boyfriend be giving you a line about when he checked them last? I'm not too familiar with conditions but I've never heard anything like that happen in a few hours. Something just doesn't add up. I'm sorry to hear about your loss.

Regards,

B
I was wondering the same thing. Keep in mind that rigor mortis goes away. So it takes a little bit for it to set in and then it dissipates over time. With humans rigor sets in after 3 hours and you stiffen till about hour 12 and then it gradually dissipates for the next 60 hours. The advancement of rigor is hastened by heat. Its possible the snake had gone into rigor and come out of rigor by the time it was found.