Gas

[Bogertophis]

You'd think for a species that I imagine is pretty vulnerable when farting/pooping that they would have evolved to not be quite so loud and ridiculous while doing so. Nothing like alerting the rest of the animal kingdom to your precise location. I mean, Cher woke me up from a dead sleep one night while pooping and it looked like she was having a seizure she was flailing around so much.

It's probably due to all this rich food in captivity: c/b rodents raised primarily on grain, whereas in the wild they'd eat more plants & insects. (just like the way cows/cattle are fed corn/grain to fatten them up quickly, & it's not their natural diet either)