About two weeks ago my friend told me one of his snakes is sick. It regerged it's last meal and he said she was disoriented. Then I saw the snake this last sunday, she looks like she's tweekin on meth. When he picked her up she rolled her head and seemed to not be able to tell which way is up. She continued the alarming head movements when he placed her on the bed.
Now he's been telling me his heat pad shorted and she got heat stroke. I think this is BS and have been trying to get him to take his snake to the vet. Now she is a 2 year old high pink red tail, and he does have it housed with his 4 month old guyana. They have been housed since the first day he brought the guyana home. The guyana seems normal and is eating well, but the red tail hasn't eaten since it gerged 2 weeks ago.
And no this isn't me trying to use the "my friend" excuse, all 3 of my snakes are healthy 
He just "knows" more about snakes then I do, I'm new to the hobby but like to learn. So I need your help to convince him to do something besides nurse the thing.
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check in the boa forum. definitely not good. Sounds like IBD, and I dont think its curable. Move the other snake away and keep both quarantined from any other snakes. This isnt something that you should "wait and see" about. Id get to a vet immediately.
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I tried telling him that, as well as our local expert. So I figured if this thread takes off I'd be able to show him and knock some sense into his stubborn head.
Sounds like IBD. Symptons may not show up for a long time but if it was housed with the guyana, that could be really bad. Quarantine asap.
Scott
After the last post I called him, he took her to the vet today. The vet said it was heatstroke, but took a stool sample. Short testing said nothing wrong, and he'll get a call in 2 weeks for the other testing. So it's on him i guess. Thanks for everyones help though.
If it is IBD, the snake should be put down.
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