sick snake?

[CoryHEO]

Okay, I've had my Ball for about a month now and when i woke up this morning he was sitting on his basking rock, well i noticed that he started moving backwards and and convulsing different parts of his body as well as opening his mouth.

what causes a snake to do this? I'm also making a vet appointment just to make sure he is okay

btw he hasn't ate since i got him and his cause is in perfect heat and humidity.

any help would be appreciated!!

Cory

[M.P.C]

Pics of the set up would help alot, what are your trying to feed, and have your tried something different... if your trying f/t mice try f/t rats or try live.... if using f/t are you positive your getting it hot enough, are you feeding in the cage or do you move to a seperate feeding area

[CoryHEO]

I was trying to feed him live mice, its what the breeder fed him..

he however died a couple minutes after making this post, he's moved around a little bit more and then took his last breath.

I had him in a tank until the t-10 came in, with a herpstat 2 controlling the UTH, with good humidity. there wasn't any spikes or drops in temps.

No air freshners were used around the house.

The breeder said that he feed him 4 mice before we picked him up, so its only been a month since he ate.

With all the research i've done, the cage was set up well and i don't think it was any environmental issues. I didn't even have time to make a phone call to the vet before he passed away very sad day, i really liked the little guy! RIP

[Sonny1318]

Sorry to hear that happened, maybe someone else could shine some light on what happened. I have never experienced anything like that.

[DVirginiana]

That's weird. How old was the snake? I don't know where this threshold is with BPs, but with garters you can see unknown congenital issues popping up until they're about a year old. Could've been something like that.

Just to be safe it would probably be good to replace bedding and do a thorough cleaning of any equipment/decor he touched before putting another animal in there though.

[CoryHEO]

He was three,

yes it will be very well cleaned before a new one is put in