So I bought a baby ball python from a local pet store about a month ago. I've never gotten it to eat, even though they said it had eaten before. I noticed that over the course of the month she got increasingly weak. She would also look up into the sky and it looked as if she had problems holding her head steady. I dismissed the weakness as her just not eating, and i didn't see the "star-gazing" as being a problem at the time. Last night I found her in her hide spot with her head upside down, so I flipped her over and she seemed fine. The past few days she hasn't been very active at all. This morning I woke up to find her laying with her head tilted, so I picked her up but she was limp. I though she might be cold so I put her under the heat lamp. After a bit it looked like she started breathing again, but she never righted her self, then she started tensing up alot and was writhing all over the place. From what I have found this morning it sounds like IBD. what do you guys think?

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• possible IBD - cambot89, Thu Nov 6 10:34:02 2008