...a snake is pulled or stretched and the spine gets damaged, it can heal poorly, where they end up with an enlarged section (primarily bone). BUT, the lump doesn't go around the underside. Hmm... I've never seen anything like this. It does look more like an impaction of some sort.

What does it feel like? Is the lump under the spine and ribs, or over? Could the snake have swallowed a foreign body?? Substrate? Anything?? If not, the last option is an enlarged organ...sometimes snakes get enlarged hearts (or other organs) and it can be deadly.

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