Bump and not eating. Looking for advice.

[Davsug]

Thanks both of you. Heat and humidity are both very good in the tank. My daughter is very careful about that. The snake doesn’t typically go in the tree. She’s mainly been in the hides she has and she’s also taken to burrowing under the water bowl. She has been drinking and defacating, at least she was defacting but she hasn’t eaten for a month so that’s stopped. She’s still been social and curious and still appears to like being held. The vet gave 2 weeks worth of shots and she said after the shots are done we’ll reevaluate. She also sent the X-rays in to a specialist.

[Davsug]

Here’s a pic with the bump shown. I’ll reply back with the temp details. And yeah, I know 1 month or even more without eating for a ball isn’t a concern, but the combination of that along with the bump and lack of full mobility is what has her worried. Hoping to have the response from the specialist this week and I’ll also update with that.

[Bogertophis]

Here’s a pic with the bump shown. I’ll reply back with the temp details. And yeah, I know 1 month or even more without eating for a ball isn’t a concern, but the combination of that along with the bump and lack of full mobility is what has her worried. Hoping to have the response from the specialist this week and I’ll also update with that.

Here's how to post pics here- (they didn't show up) https://ball-pythons.net/forums/show...-Post-Pictures

And as to the temps.- we've learned to ask anyway, because some ppl say "they're fine" when sometimes they could be better. This can be due to using different sources of information, but often it's due to taking temperatures the wrong way (setting up probe incorrectly, etc) so we'd rather ask- just trying to help.

I quite agree that the mobility issue is paramount, & in cases like this, the size of the bump doesn't matter so much but rather, the effect it's having internally on the snake.