I'm a new snake owner, and my ball python which is about 6 months old has an unusually soft tail (about 3 inches of softness with a spongy feel), I think it may be constipation. He also has not eaten in about 4 weeks- which is unusual since he is so young. His eyes are blue right now and is about to shed.

I'm afraid it could be an infection or something worse. He has been acting weird lately- i tried feeding him and when he strikes and coils around the baby pinky, he bit himself in the neck a few times and kept biting himself! He also sometimes rests with his mouth open, but from what I can see and from online pictures I cant find any signs of mouth rot.

I just bought a second heating lamp for my cage, it is 36" by 18" and I keep the temp at about 80-90 deg on the hot side, but it gets cold at night to about 70 so maybe the temp might be a problem. Rel humidity is kept at 50-60%.

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• Sick Ball/Constipation? Soft Tail - paekenator, Fri Oct 10 13:21:17 2008
• RE: Sick Ball/Constipation? Soft Tail - jyohe, Fri Oct 10 17:22:29 2008
• RE: Sick Ball/Constipation? Soft Tail - cardiacsmd, Mon Oct 13 23:07:35 2008