sorry to steal the thread, but i was cleaning out my snake tubs today (like everyday) and all of my snakes seemed fine. then not even an hour later, i see puea in a funny position by her water bowl. i look in, and start to freak out, because she's dead. she hadn't eaten voluntarily since i got her, so i've assist fed her twice, but she was fine other than that, lots of tongue flicking, seemed to be thermoregulating just fine, and my temps are fine as well, water every day......so i got scared because all of my snakes are from the same breeder. i read this thread and started to calm down, thinking maybe i did everything right, she just died by freak accident. then i read the comments about the possibility of it being genetic, and started to get nervous again. since i found her almost right away im taking her in for a necropsy on tuesday ( i put her in the freezer) to see if they can figure out the reason. then if its something that the others might have (everyone cross their fingers that its NOT) ill take them in too. *sigh* i do feel a tiny bit better though, and im glad that i can come here and talk about stuff like this. im sorry for your friends loss, i understand exactly how they feel.