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My ribbon snake polly is acting very funny, she is like cork screwing her head when she moves, she keeps flipping her head over and sometimes her whole body...she is opening her mouth and i think that might be because she is breathing through her mouth....

PLEASE HELP!

>>My ribbon snake polly is acting very funny, she is like cork screwing her head when she moves, she keeps flipping her head over and sometimes her whole body...she is opening her mouth and i think that might be because she is breathing through her mouth....

Spiraling like that would make me think she is too too hot and or being poisoned. Neurological damage of some sort would be the first thing I would check. What is her set up and food source?
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Sonya

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Happy Bunny

thanks for the reply, she is in a fourty breeder with another ribbonsnake. In the basking spot it is 90 degrees and about 70 on the cool side, there are a few live plants, fake ones, pieces of "cooked" drift wood, and 3 hides.

She is eating rosy red minnows, i give her a vitamin supplement once a month.

do you use any flea treatments in your home? Have in the recent past? I agree with the other poster and feel she sounds a lot as if she's been poisoned. It doesn't sound good at any rate. Not long ago a man in the ball python forum lost a big part of his collection due to poisoning from a flea powder that his neighbor had used in his vacuum. If she doesn't improve, call a vet to make an appointment as soon as possible.

Good luck to ya--Izora