what happend to my rosy?

[Smaug]

Aww, I'm so sorry for your loss...& from what I can tell, nothing you did or didn't do caused this. I would contact the source you got her from & let them know-
see what they have to say about it. IF they offer to replace her, be SURE you keep the replacement snake in quarantine for a good 6+ mos. from all others, ok?
I let them know and they are thinking about it. Yeah, if I get another one I think I can keep it at my aunt's houe.
I hope you got some sort of a survival guarantee, but since breeders have no control over what ppl do once they get animals home, I can also see where this is
not something they all want to promise. (-thinking in terms of kids handling & dropping snakes, etc- and I'm not saying that's what happened here, not at all, but
this would be their perspective.)

The behavior you described is not at all normal, and while it might be too late (futile) to have a necropsy done, I would think twice before replacing her with
another snake for a while, as this could be something another snake could catch. PLEASE tell me this rosy boa was quarantined from your other snakes???
She was not. I really should have known better.
Again, you did not cause this... May this little one rest in peace. And hugs to you.

By the way, I've kept rosy boas for a few decades, & I've never had one pass this way. I've bred them & raised 6 litters of them, & still have one in my collection.
I'm sorry I didn't see this post yesterday, had a very busy day. Did you buy this snake locally (breeder, pet store or expo?) or online? (was she shipped to you?)

I got her from a local reptile store, the same one I bought all most all my others from.

Do you know when this snake was born? I'm assuming she was quite small/young, & if so, keep in mind that one reason snakes are cheaper to buy when very
young is that if there are any birth defects that affect their longevity (things like internal malformations that occur more frequently when snakes are inbred but
which can occur anyway) it's more likely that they will occur early on like this, and it's one reason that when you buy a neonate/hatchling snake, that you make
sure they have a feeding record...the longer the better, as that gives you some assurance that everything is working OK internally. This is but one possibility. She was quite young but I don't have a birth date. All I know is that she ate for the store the week before.
Another possibility from the strange motions you describe is that she was exposed (prior to coming home with you) to some sort of toxic chemical...even mite
treatments (if not dosed very carefully for the size of the snake) can have deadly consequences. The odd motions suggest a neurological issue, which could
also have been something contagious...no way we can say for sure "from here". The fact that she was willing to eat, though, suggests that she felt good enough
to have an appetite.

Again, sorry for this sad & sudden loss.