Sounds like a ear infection...??? LOL... or something to throw it's equalibrium off. Gotta be something really unusual for it to be going on for 6 years.

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>>OK, I saw an interesting case at the Vet's Office a couple of weeks ago. Lets see if anyone else can guess what was wrong with this boa.
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>>This snake was about 4 feet long, give or take a few inches. It was on the thin side, but it wasn't an animal that was " severly under weight" or anorexic. This animal was 7 years old and it ate twice a month. It had normal sheds and passed urates and stools with no problems. It showed no signs of respatory problems. It did show signs that "appeared" to be a neurological disfunctions. When turned on it's back it was able to right it's self, but not as quickly as most snakes would have. One of it's eyes was more dialated than the other, but both were dialated more than normal. Neither eye had a normal response to light. This snake didn't slither around like a normal boa would. When confinded it would do a "cork screw" motion back on it's self. When not confined it would slither with it's head "tilted" a bit. This snake wasn't in any way shape or form lathargic. It was actually very alert. The abnormal way it slithers is something this snake has done for the past 6 years. This was a new Client and they had brought their boa in for a "well snake check up".
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>>So...... Going by the info I've given, what would anyone here think was wrong with this snake?
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• What's wrong with this boa?? - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 12:42:28 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - metachrosis, Thu Sep 21 13:27:43 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - SlyBCI, Thu Sep 21 13:29:17 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - SlyBCI, Thu Sep 21 13:39:00 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 15:24:36 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - SlyBCI, Thu Sep 21 15:36:52 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - metachrosis, Thu Sep 21 14:05:23 2006
• RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 14:42:29 2006
• RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! - metachrosis, Thu Sep 21 15:01:55 2006
• RE: WE HAVE A WINNER!!!!! - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 15:22:34 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - slithering_serpents, Thu Sep 21 14:10:43 2006
• RE: What's wrong with this boa?? - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 15:23:36 2006
• Didn't see the above until I had posted - slithering_serpents, Fri Sep 22 17:34:01 2006
• meningitis - DPALENQUE, Thu Sep 21 14:29:55 2006
• RE: meningitis - PastelDream, Thu Sep 21 15:25:45 2006
• My corn snake is the same way. - vmartino, Thu Sep 21 16:25:03 2006