So to compensate for your many lapses in husbandry, you are now going to "self diagnose" your ball python with IBD? What are your qualifications to do so? Are you a doctor of veteranary medicine? Are you the caretaker for hundreds of pythons for decades now? Not only are you not qualified but you dont know what you are talking about and all you will do with your post is panic others who are new to this hobby who have no reason to do so.



Your animal is dehydrated!!!! Not only is it stuck in shed but it has mites. Two signs of poor husbandry that both dehydrate an animal. In humans as well as in reptiles dehydration can cause neurological symptoms. Soak the snake for a couple hours in 1/2" of room temp water. it will shed and it will drown lots of mites. then properly treat the snake and its cage for mites. I would guess that it is having a tough time digesting its food because it is getting cold outside now and you have not compensated with more heat.



Not only is it extremely rare to come accross IBD in a python, but it kills them almost immediately. Hence the rareity. They can not be carriers like boas and have it for years with no symptoms. You need to find somebody, a pet shop person, a snake breeder, a vet, etc, that you can get advice from before you come to a board like this and post such a potentialy inflamatory post.
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