Snake acting weird tonight. Bloated. Insight?

[Sway510]

1. How long have you had your ball python?
Since the week before thanksgiving 2016
2. How old (or how big) is your snake?
9mnths-12mnths. About 2 3/4 feet long.
3. Does it eat on a regular schedule?
Yes. Every 7+/- days. Good eater.
4. How long since its last meal?
4/5/2017.
5. What type/size prey is being offered?
Large mice
6. How often do you offer food?
7-9 days
7. What type and size of enclosure does it live in?
36x24x18 enclosure w sliding glass doors.
8. What are you using as substrate? If it has depth, how deep is it? Zoo med forest floor

9. What type of heating do you use?
Blk light heat lamp and tube day lamp
10. Do you use a thermostat to control temperatures?
Yes
11. What do you use to measure/monitor temperatures?
Temp gauge/ humidity gauge
12. What are the surface and ambient temperatures in the enclosure?
85-87
13. What is the average humidity level?
53%
14. How many and what type of hides does the snake have?
3. Lincoln log house, exo terra t rex skull, wood hut
15. Is water readily available at all times?
Yes, 2 water bowls
16. Does the snake live alone or does it share the enclosure with anything else?
Lives alone, but another ball python lives above in his own tank
17. How often and for how long is the snake typically handled?
2-3 days a week
18. Does the snake have any medical history (old injuries or illnesses)?
No
19. Do you have any other reptiles? Have you brought in any new reptiles recently?
Yes i have a 2 yr old ball python in a setup above his enclosure.
20. Is there anything specific or unique about your situation that we should be aware of? No, El Chapo is very aggressive, which is opposite to my other ball. Raised the same. They have never been introduced. Both males. So Chapo bit me last week on feed night, weds.... which he never has done before-he's struck at me a bunch but never connected... he ate a large mouse (prob the largest he has had, but no more than he is/can handle)... as he has grown long and not wide as my other male ball did. Handled him and cleaned enclosure Saturday, and today was lethargic. Real bloated. No poop yet. Is he constipated or is it something more? He is going into shed as well. I'm attaching pix of him normal and then of tonight....can see he still has mouse in tummy. Has had normal bowels up until now. Also pic of eating is last one, which may be causing this? Need to know of I need to take to vet?

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[predatorkeeper87]

probably just still digesting, watch him for a couple more days and see if he picks back up. can always bump hot side temp a degree or two to help digestion move quicker.

[Dezoruba]

I'd bump hot side to 90 and see if that helps.

Also, he might be bitey because he's stressed out - there are NO good hides in the pic of his enclosure. None of those items in there are adequate hides to make him feel secure in his home.

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[Albert Clark]

Also, consider feeding him in his own enclosure in the future. Separate enclosure for feeding is really not conducive and increases stress levels.

[Sway510]

This photo was when his wood was being cleaned. His hides are good now. It was the 1st night of his set up.

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[Sway510]

@Albert Clark, I'm on the fence with that. My other snake has never had an issue w aggression and I feed it sepretley too. I'm worried especially w this ones attitude he will start to think every time his door is opened he's going to be fed. I don't want him to associate that w food. Plus, he feeds like a monster. He feeds live and all is said and done in 2 minutes flat. It's kind of disturbing considering my other one takes his sweet time and it's at least an 45 min deal till I put him back in his enclosure

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