Deformed ball python

[sho220]

Thanks for the fast replies everyone. Hopefully they e-mail me back. Sorry if its too much for some of you but....


if it were to have its head smashed, would I need to worry about any brain activity? It seems like a silly question but I've read stories about snakes having brain activity for an hour or so after being decapitated. I would obviously want it to be as quick as possible.

Smashing the head would be instantaneous, I would think. As far as decapitation, I don't know. You're not destroying the brain, just cutting it off from the rest of the body. I suppose there would be a chance of suffering??? Not sure.