Unfortunately, the QT decision is not mine but my husband's. We've had this argument since we started creating our snake collection. I'm for QT, he feels that he "trusts" the source/breeder enough not to worry about it. We've been told by a vet that we had seen for a previous issue with another snake that QT should be 6 months to a year.

If it is a chemical exposure, how do I figure out what she was exposed to, and ensure that she doesn't have any future exposures? And how long will the corkscrewing last? We're going on day 5, and she continues to improve, but she still can't do those elegant dances to the top of her tank like she originally was doing. And I know it's frustrating her; it's her favorite thing to do.

For the feeder, we had a bag of the same sized feeders. We used other feeders from the same bag to feed our 2 retics, and our burmese, with no incident. After I fed her. So I'm leaning less towards a bad feeder as the source of potential toxin.

Is it at all possible that during her incident, and removal of the tape, that something got bruised in her neck, and by feeding her a small rat instead of a pup, that I exacerbated the bruising? It's literally only in the area of the damage that she corkscrews. And it only happens when she's either backing up to get away (from kisses from me), or if she's nearing the top of the tank and can't hold her head up?