Quote Originally Posted by MarkS View Post
There have actually been quite a few interesting studies on what happens to a pythons heart after eating. Basically the heart just goes nuts, it'll actually increase in size, pumps a lot harder and it's all pretty normal. Scientists are studying it to see if they can get some insight on how human hearts react. Here is some interesting reading material for you.

http://ajpregu.physiology.org/conten....2011.abstract

http://www.globalanimal.org/2011/10/...-hearts/56984/

http://uanews.ua.edu/2011/10/snakes-...ience-article/
Mark, those were quite interesting reads, and I greatly appreciate the help!

I just recorded a quick video of the phenomenon, although it was with my terrible cell phone, you can still see what I am trying to get across. The vid can be seen here, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ5tQ...ature=youtu.be

Again any help would be greatly appreciated, I would really like to think that Mark hit the nail on the head, but it is a 24/7 condition that she has had since I picked her up, so it has me guessing.