Its hard to understand your original Post. I think I understand some of what your saying in the reply though.
You say you took photos, they are worth a thousand words, please get those up if you want responses to try and help understand something.
Not sure if your thinking the Spur is a string? On some Balls they are visible & some not or just very small. Spurs on Males are usually larger. They are thought to be from when Snakes had limbs at one time. Males use them to tickle the female while trying to breed. This forum is great and I don't think anyone can respond to this without understanding or seeing whats going on. As far as a RI you need to get to a Vet. There is nothing really we can suggest except turn up the heat a little (93/94 Hot Spot). You will need a vet to test for what type of RI it is as it takes different meds depending on if Viral or Bacterial etc...
As far as a snake turning red, ive never heard this in 30 years.. Maybe its Pink because its getting ready to shed?
A lot if odd descriptions that Are hard to respond to here I'm sorry.
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